A committee appointed by the Dutch government has come up with a plan for a state-owned collection’s controversial holdings, reports the New York Times. The Netherlands Art Property Collection (known as the NK Collection) comprises thousands of priceless objects, including paintings worth millions by Dutch Golden Age masters, repatriated by the Allies from Germany to the Netherlands after World War II. Most of these objects were looted from Jews who were killed, deported, or forced to sell their holdings by the Nazis. While provenance research overseen by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science remains ongoing, the items’ rightful owners have yet to be located. Related Articles The collection is currently under the custodianship of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, which oversees its storage and makes loans of art to museums and government buildings. Under a proposal issued by the Committee on Heirless Jewish Looted Art, the guardianship of these “orphaned” objects would be given over to a Dutch Jewish foundation, preferably one housed at the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam, where the …