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Britain’s Tate to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish art collector

JL;DR SUMMARY The British government has decided to return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of Samuel Hartveld, a Jewish art collector who fled Belgium during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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World War IiRestitutionNazi Looted ArtBritish GovernmentSamuel HartveldSpoliation Advisory PanelTate GalleryJewish Art CollectorHenry GibbsArt Provenance

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Belgium
"When Samuel Hartveld and his wife Claire Melboom fled Belgium in 1940, they left behind a collection of over 60 paintings that was later looted by the occupying Nazi government."
London, United Kingdom
"The painting, a 1654 work by English artist Henry Gibbs, had previously been in Britains Tate Gallery collection for over three decades when the British government ordered it be repatriated."

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