From the National Gallery in Athens, stolen works by Picasso and Mondrian
Pablo Picasso painting" Woman's Head »,
stolen from the National Gallery in Athens in
Monday, January 9
Source:
largest museum in Greece - Athens National Art Gallery - in the early hours of Monday, January 9, was a well planned robbery. stolen from the museum two valuable paintings owned by Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) and Piet Mondrian (Piet Mondrian). abductors, crept into the house through the balcony door also took with them drawing on religious subjects, executed pen and ink Italian master of the XVI century Guglielmo Caccia (Guglielmo Caccia). Attackers have stolen from the museum and another work of Mondrian, but threw it on the road.
The National Gallery is located in one of the most well-protected area of Athens. The robbery took only seven minutes. Since Sunday evening, the criminals were forced several times deliberately triggered the alarm, but to enter the building they did not. Protection of the building, thinking that at least one signaling device malfunctions, temporarily disable it. However, one of the sensors in the exhibition hall to work, but the keeper could not catch the offender.
museum guide is not yet able to call up the value of the stolen works, including portraits by female Cubist Pablo Picasso, the artist donated to Greece in 1949. The painting is the author's dedication - "With respect to the Greek people" who wanted to pay tribute to Picasso's heroic resistance to Nazi occupation of the Greeks during the Second World War. Thieves also stole the picturesque landscape of Mondrian in 1905, representing a mill on the river bank, and figure "St. Diego of Alcalá" Guglielmo Caccia. All three works were removed from their frames.
mainly in the National Assembly Gallery in Athens, Greek art is represented by XIX - XX centuries. A collection of Western European art, which is, for example, works by Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt, as once a day robbery meant to close for renovation and updating.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
Source : artdaily.com < /a>, artinvestment.ru
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