The heirs of Jewish collectors persecuted by the Nazis will receive 13 paintings now in museums in the Netherlands, the country’s Culture Ministry has decided, following a recommendation by its Restitutions Committee.

Twelve of the works, including Jan van Goyens Village in Winter Time, will be returned to the heirs of Hans Ludwig Larsen, while Thomas de Keysers Portrait of a Man will go to the heirs of a Jewish collector named Richard Semmel. Larsen lost his works “due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime,” and Semmel probably sold his picture to pay for his escape, said the Restitutions Committee, which handles claims for state-owned art. In a separate decision, the committee denied a claim for 31 works of art that descendants of gallery owners Nathan and Benjamin Katz said may have been looted by the Nazis.

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