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A taster of the Gurlitt collection

Two men wearing white gloves, hang a painting on the wall.
Museum technicians hang the painting 'Waterloo Bridge' by Claude Monet, before the opening of the exhibition: 'Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt, Teil 2'.(Keystone) Keystone
The painting Portrait einer jungen Frau leans against a wall, a open ladder stands to the left.
The painting; 'Portrait einer jungen Frau' by French painter Thomas Couture leans against a wall, before the opening of the exhibition. (Keystone) Keystone
Picture of an open handwritten book beneath a glass case
Hildebrand Gurlitts purchase and sales Book, documented between 1937-1941, part of the of the exhibition 'Gurlitt: Status Report Nazi Art Theft and Its Consequences'. (Keystone) Keystone
A person looks at the paintings with his back to the camera.
Paintings 'Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt': top left to right: 'Jean Journet, 1850, by Gustave Courbet, 'Still Life with Peaches' by Gustave Courbet, 'The Port of Bordeaux, 1873' by Eugene Boudin, "Memory of Pierrefonds, 1865-1870" by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Below left to right: 'Still Life with Glass and Fruits' by Edouard Manet, 'Landscape Leg Fontainebleau, 1864' by Theodore Rousseau, "Harvest scene" by Mean-Baptiste Camille Corot. (Keystone) Keystone
Foreground: a sculpture of a female head in a glass case within the setting of an art gallery or museum.
The sculpture 'Weiblicher Kopf' by French artist Aristide Maillol. (Keystone) Keystone
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