Two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh have been found, 14 years after they were stolen in a heist in Netherlands. The paintings were found wrapped in cloth in the basement of an apartment belonging to Raffaele Imperiale, a rich and powerful drug dealer.
The relates back to when Van Gogh's paintings were taken from Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in December 2002 by thieves related to the Italian mafia. I find it amazing that they found these paintings after all these years especially scince it was labeled one of the top 10 art crimes.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/09/30/europe/stolen-van-gogh-paintings-found/index.html?client=safari
It's always odd how these old paintings are found but also interesting. Vincent Van Gogh has so much art work and adore all of them.
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky that such a great artists works have been found and hopefully will go right back so we all can marvel at them.
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