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Show HUNS GIVE UP WORKS OF AIIT World-Famous Paintings Stolen From Belgium Returned as Stipulation of Peace Treaty. By Iht term Of the pence treaty I'.eltuiln Mini tilient will rcpcellely "'"ei pi '.less works of art. OM "' which :is siiiioseil fag have been e Mvojeil of iit ihe Cermnna. entered Louviiln, while ihe oilier tins long been Incomplete because two important parts of It were la the Kniser Frledrlch museum, Bertla The l.ouvaln pnlni-IliK pnlni-IliK Is Ihe work nT Olerlck Bouts, "Lost Supper." which has been lc-MflbctJ lc-MflbctJ 'eeitninlj one of the Jlnost sample of KleinMi fifteenth century art" ninl whs painted for the collegiate htirch of St. 1'lcrre The painting hail come down the centuries ns the Chief adornment of the chorea, and disappeared disap-peared after the Oermiin occupation It was believed to haw been destroyed, but Is now known to linve been removed re-moved nnd preserved by the Invader, and Its return Is one of the stlpulntlons of the pence treaty. The other famous painting, "The Adoration of the Lamb," has been called "the first nnd greatest masterpiece- of fifteenth century pnltit Ing produced In Plunders. " It wax begun by Hubert van Kyi k, hut eon tinned and finished hy .Inn nil KcU Time had separated the parti of the painting nnd at present the cent ml panel remains Id the chapel of St Bavon In Ghent, another part Is In , Brussels, and yet another In Berlin Brussels will probably return her part of the composition, and Cernmny Is to five back the portions thai have been In her possession, so that the palatini as a whole will once more ba inarm bled In the chapel for which It win painted. |