French Museum’s ‘Wanted’ Poster Campaign for Stolen Art Leads to Return of Missing 17th-Century Dutch Painting
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A painting by Dutch artist Willem Cornelisz Duyster, stolen in 1940 from an Orléans museum, was located last month at an auction house in Switzerland, thanks to a clever 'Wanted' poster campaign for looted artworks.
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