Dutch Museum
acquisitions since 1933
Helen Schretlen
Project Leader and Reseacher
Acquisitions and Looted Art
www.originsunknown.org
www.originsunknown.org
Provenance research in Dutch museums focuses on
different periods:
1933-1940
Bought in Germany, or after 1938 in Austria.
1948-1954
Bought at the auctions of art objects from the Netherlands Art
Property Foundation [SNK].
1954-2011
Complete Provenance History. Are there lacunas in the years
before or after the Second World War?