Dutch museum recalls Nazi use of Rembrandt (Reuters)

by Populux | July 14, 2006 at 03:51 am
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - His face is one of the best known in the art world, and as the Netherlands celebrates the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, his life and work retain few secrets. But did you know he was once a Nazi icon? An exhibition at the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam recalls the Nazis' largely forgotten mission to incorporate the Dutch painter into fascist ideology, and win sympathy in the Netherlands, which they occupied in 1940. The artist appeared on Dutch stamps issued ...
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