The Oyster Meal by Jacob Ochtervelt was returned to descendants of original owner, who have decided to sell
A Dutch golden age painting looted by the Nazis from a bank vault and displayed for 30 years in London’s Mansion House is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
Jacob Ochtervelt’s The Oyster Meal was returned to the family of its original owner by the City of London Corporation last November. George Gordon, the co-chair of the auction house’s Old Masters paintings and drawings department, said it was one of the finest works in existence by the 17th century artist.
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