A Swiss museum has agreed to accept the controversial bequest of a collection of art masterpieces discovered in the home of the son of a Nazi-era art dealer.
Cornelius Gurlitt, who died aged 81 in May, kept more than 1,200 artworks – including pieces by Picasso, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec – hidden for decades.
The Kunstmuseum Bern, which Mr Gurlitt named as his sole heir, yesterday accepted the bequest, but said works suspected of being looted by the Nazis would stay in Germany while researchers attempted to identify their owners.
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