Excerpt from the New York Times, 1944, about Jaujard and the Ghent Altarpiece:

“It had been agreed by the Belgian authorities, the French museum directors and Count von Metternich that the triptych was not to be moved from its resting place in Pau without an order signed by the three members representing each organization. In August 1943 the Germans gave orders to carry away the painting. This order, not being signed by the three authorities, was disregarded by the French authorities. Six hours later a paper signed by Abel Bonnard, then Minister of Fine Arts at Vichy, arrived and ordered the French to deliver the van Eyck to a German officer. This was done . . . There was a concerted protest to Vichy on the part of M. Jaujard and his colleagues. Vichy replied that it considered this a revolt and would dismiss M. Jaujard. Whereupon the trustees of the Louvre replied that if Jaujard was dismissed they, too, would leave. Nothing more came of it and M. Jaujard is still at his post.” (N.Y. Times, Sept. 9, 1944)

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Jacques Jaujard