A Jewish-owned Dutch masterpiece that was stolen by the Nazis has been found and will be put up for auction. “Maria Magdalena,” by Dutch artist Anthony van Dyck, belonged to the late Dutch-Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker, part of a 1,400-piece collection he left behind when fleeing Nazi-occupied Netherlands in 1940.
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