In his submission to the committee, Nick Tinari, of Barnes Watch, points out that, when permission was given to loan works from the Barnes collection on an exceptional basis, against the wishes of the bequestor, the courts were assured that the entire enterprise would be conducted to the highest levels of expertise and professionalism, and that the conservators in the National Gallery of Art in Washington would prepare the condition reports and would supervise the treatment of the works and so on. However, when he followed...