German police appeal for information after 17th century paintings found in skip

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An art expert believes the paintings are by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten and Italian Pietro Bellotti

German police have appealed for information from the public after two 17th century paintings were discovered in a skip at a highway rest stop.last month. He later handed them in to police in the western city of Cologne.Photograph: Cologne police

 

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Pietro Bellotti looks a little like a character from the muppet show, in that painting.

This one looks more 19th c. -- sort of like a Coke ad or something.

Baron von douchetwat Done pissed off the help. I hope the perp gets away.

Does “skip” mean the garbage or a semi-truck?

東京大学大学院経済学研究科の仲田泰祐准教 「五輪が原因で増える都内の感染者は1日15人」

They have to ask their killed owners. AuschwitzMuseum

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nice

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