Recommendation
In a letter dated 23 October 2006, the Minister for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) (hereafter referred to as ‘the minister’) asked the Restitutions Committee to issue a recommendation regarding the application by Mrs V. de J.-S. in S.-L.-W., Belgium (hereafter referred to as ‘the applicant’) for the restitution of the following objects:
NK 126: statue of Mary Magdalene made of sandstone;
NK 127: statue of Madonna with child made of sandstone;
NK 183-A-B: round bowl with lid;
NK 253: China cabinet;
NK 266: small oak cupboard with pilasters;
NK 319: China plate;
NK 346A-B: two glazed pottery vases and covers;
NK 396: African hunting horn;
NK 425A-E: Delft vases;
NK 481 A-B: glass decanter and stopper;
NK 482: thumbglass;
NK 483A-B: tankard with glass, partially cut lid;
NK 484: Vexier glass;
NK 486: brass bowl;
NK 552: renaissance oak-canopy cupboard;
NK 561: A. planer, bronze clock;
NK 691A-E: five walnut chairs;
NK 908: De Paauw, glazed pottery dish;
NK 912A-G: seven glazed pottery dishes;
NK 931A-B: two Chinese porcelain vases;
NK 932A-B: Chinese jar and cover;
NK 956A-F: six Limoges plaques with Biblical scenes;
NK 960: Louis XVI table;
NK 2014: E.A. Haanen, Children with dog in garden;
NK 2015: E.A. Haanen, Interior with two children and dogs.
According to the applicant, these objects were part of the former trading stock of the art dealer S.E. Mossel (hereafter also referred to as ‘Kunsthandel Mossel’) in Amsterdam. Since their recovery after the Second World War, the claimed objects have been part of the Netherlands Art Property Collection (hereafter referred to as ‘NK collection’) and can be found in various museums and government institutions both in the Netherlands and abroad under the abovementioned inventory numbers.