Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings found in Italy
Italian police have recovered three paintings stolen in March from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation museum near Parma. Nine Moldovan citizens are involved in the theft case.
Italian police have located three artworks — paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse — that were stolen in March from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation museum near Parma, Reuters reports.
The paintings, together worth more than nine million euros, were found in an apartment in Parma. Nine Moldovan citizens are linked to the theft case.
The recovered works are Renoir's "Fish," Cézanne's "Still Life with Cherries" and Matisse's "Odalisque on a Terrace."
Theft lasted under three minutes
The paintings disappeared from the museum on the night of March 23. After they were found, police released footage of the theft showing two robbers. Security cameras captured two masked men entering through a window, taking the three works off the wall and fleeing. The entire robbery took less than three minutes.
After the heist, the Magnani-Rocca Foundation said the perpetrators had acted "in an organized manner" and could have taken more artworks had the museum's alarm not gone off.
