‘De Nieuwe Mensch’

1937

Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei
Amsterdam, Netherlands

In 1940 the leader of the Dutch Nazi Party (NSB), Anton Mussert, received this painting as a gift from the Dutch businessman Louis van Leeuwen Boomkamp before he departed for the Dutch East Indies. Mussert hung it in his office at NSB Headquarters in Utrecht.

Details

Title: ‘De Nieuwe Mensch’
Date: 1937
Location: Amsterdam
Physical Dimensions: h 277 cm x w 172 cm
Provenance: From the collection of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
External Link: More information and (historical) photos, http://www.tweedewereldoorlog.nl/100voorwerpen/voorwerp/de-nieuwe-mensch/
Provenance Link: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

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