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One of the soldiers on the photograph has been identified as James Rorimer (1905-1966). Rorimer was curator of Medieval Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1934 and was, together with Joseph Breck, the curator at the time, a driving force behind the museum’s subsidiary The Cloisters. He even became director of the New York museum in 1955, a position he held until his death. His career with the museum was interrupted by the Second World War. He joined the infantry and beaome head of the organisation whose aim was to confiscate the art that had been stolen by the Nazis. Rorimer was, for example, personally responsible for impounding the art collection of Goering, Goebbels and Alfred Rosenberg.
Channels: Painting
Artists: Han van Meegeren
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