Calls For Dutch Royals To Get Rid Of ‘Offensive’ Painting

“Critics urged the Dutch royal family Friday to get rid of a painting they say is an offensive reminder of wrongs from the Netherlands’ colonial past, but the Royal House defended the 19th-century work as an important part of the country’s history. Homage of the Colonies … depicts half-naked, brown-skinned women and men in servile poses bearing gifts to an enthroned white woman.”