In November three 17th Century Dutch Master paintings stolen from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco on Christmas Eve 1978 were recovered in New York. Now San Francisco’s de Young Museum is showing the paintings in unrestored condition. They dramatically illustrate the effects of neglect on old master paintings. “We know from their condition only that they’ve been kept in very adverse circumstances, probably someplace very damp,” said Lynn Federle Orr, curator of European paintings at the Fine Arts Museums. – San Francisco Chronicle