In France, again arrested the most famous paintings in Europe Thief
ARTinvestment.RU   26 апреля 2011

Stefan Braytvizer argues that steals "out of pure love for art." However, the sale of stolen goods he earns quite well ...

39-year-old Frenchman Stephane Braytvizer (Stéphane Breitwieser), probably the most famous thief of works of art in Europe. In total, he stole more than 240 objects, as he boasted in his memoirs, was a time when he was able to replenish its collection every two weeks. Victims of the offender were about 172 European museums. For his "heroic deeds", he spent in jail 26 months. Recently Braytvizer was arrested again: the police learned that he was trying to sell in Germany stolen vase.

searched Braytvizera home, police found about 40 paintings, three sculptures and tapestries. His mother tubulation Mireille (Mireille Stengel) was discovered landscape brush pupil Bruegel, who was abducted from a museum in Brussels. A few more valuable objects, including chandeliers and pocket watches were found in a pond at her house. In the past, tubulation, in order to cover the crime of his son work hid in the woods in bushes near the road or even in someone's chicken coop, some paintings, including canvases by Watteau and Boucher, she simply wiped out. The latter cost tubulation in 18 months in prison.

After a certain antique dealer from the nearby town of stolen painting and a vase of authorship French designer era art nouveau Emile Galle (Émile Gallé), a set Braytvizerom observation. Two years of surveillance have borne fruit: suspicions were true, then there is this vase later tried to sell in Germany offender.

Braytvizer always said that steals "out of pure love for art, but as it is now clear self-interest played no less a role here. Police found him at home 60,000 euros in cash. At one time, the thief paintings found itself bankrupt, and now suspect that he did so in order to avoid paying compensation to the museums. Braytvayzer is still at large (bail), the investigation continues.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources : artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru