Willem Drost's 1654 painting *Man With a Plumed Red Beret* has been acquired by the Leiden Collection, a private museum focused on Dutch Golden Age art. The sale was conducted privately through Agnews Gallery at the TEFAF Maastricht fair for an undisclosed sum, with the collection's founder calling it a "capstone acquisition."
The painting's significance is twofold. It is a major work by Rembrandt's gifted pupil, reflecting his master's influence and his own growing stature among scholars. Furthermore, it has a notable provenance, having been famously recovered from a Nazi salt mine cache by Allied Monuments Men in 1945 after being stolen from the Rothschild family. The Leiden Collection plans to make the work publicly accessible, ensuring its preservation and study.