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    What famous Dutch painting first became the subject of a posthumous legal dispute between the maker's wife and his mother-in-law, later proved a bone of contention between Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler himself ,and was ultimately rescued from a saltmine by the U.S.A. Army and given to the Austrian Government?

    Question #79592. Asked by Flem-ish. (Apr 27 07 8:36 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Oh, I rather think this would be Vermeer's "The Art of Painting":


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Painting

    Apr 27 07, 9:42 PM
    Flem-ish

    		Well thought.

    Apr 27 07, 11:24 PM

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