Italy recovers Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse works stolen from museum
The three paintings, worth over US$10 million, had been stolen from a museum in Italy in under three minutes.
Italian authorities have recovered three stolen paintings by renowned French artists Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Henri Matisse, following a heist at a museum near Parma in March. The works, valued at over US$10 million, were retrieved from an apartment in Parma, according to Carabinieri officers from Italy's cultural heritage protection unit, as reported by AGI news agency on August 14.
The theft occurred in under three minutes when two masked burglars entered through a window, stole the paintings, and fled the scene. The recovered pieces include Cezanne's Tasse et Plat de Cerises, Renoir's Les Poissons, and Matisse's Odalisque sur la Terrasse. Nine Moldovan nationals are currently under investigation for the theft.
The paintings were part of a private collection assembled by the late music critic Luigi Magnani, housed at the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum.
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