Overview: 46 paintings by 37 artists of the 16th and 17th centuries were lent by the government of The Netherlands. The exhibition was a token of thanks for the return of the pictures through the work of the officers and enlisted men of the Monuments and Fine Arts Section (MFAA) of the United States Military Government. Many of the paintings had been destined for the Hitler Museum, Linz, Austria. Of the 49 listed in the catalogue, 3 (nos. 1, 10, and 34) did not arrive for the Washington showing; 2 listed were exchanged for 2 others by the same artist.

At the opening, President Harry Truman was present to view the paintings. Under the supervision of the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, the exhibition circulated, through January 1, 1948, to 13 other museums that had provided personnel for MFAA.

Other Venues:

• Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
• Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
• Princeton University, Museum of Historic Art, Princeton, New Jersey
• Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Newark Museum, New Jersey
• William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
• Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
• California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
• University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
• Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore