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		contravariant on Jan 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Over 700k paintings from the Rijksmuseum online co... Well a painting that nobody ever sees is functionally no different from a painting that's been burned down. However only one of those 2 is reversible, so in that sense it's still a loss.

mauritzio on Jan 22, 2021 [–]

As it is also a bit narrow minded to assume 'nobody' will ever see it will be true for ever...

At least now, thanks to modern technology , more can see the art then ever before :-)

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