Nazi looted painting from Goudstikker collection found in Amsterdam street trash

Art detective Arthur Brand has tracked down another valuable painting stolen by the Nazis from the collection of Amsterdam art dealer Jacque Goudstikker. The painting was reportedly discovered in Amsterdam after a resident came across it among household waste on the street.

According to the report, the painting is a diptych depicting the interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, likely painted by Hendrick van der Burgh. Brand said the work spent years in the cellar of a local man who found it by chance while driving along the Prinsengracht. He told Dutch media that he took the artwork because it appeared destined for removal by the city’s sanitation service, and stored it privately for years.

The discovery followed a recent series of breakthroughs involving Goudstikker-looted works. Brand had previously uncovered a different Goudstikker painting that had been hidden for decades, and the earlier recovery reportedly prompted the man who found the street-discarded painting to contact Brand.

Brand said the painting will now be returned to the descendants associated with the Goudstikker family. The article describes this as the third Goudstikker painting recovered in a short period, after earlier finds that involved other Nazi-era removals.