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Damaged Meindert Hobbema Painting At National Gallery
A woman damaged the Meindert Hobbema painting Village By A Pool at the National Gallery of Art by raking a nail file across its width. The extent of damage cannot be determined until varnish is removed and examined. The painting, valued at a minimum $100,000, was not cut through the canvas. The woman was found by a gallery guard with a file in hand and admitted for mental observation.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
J. Carter Brown
Meindert Hobbema