Seven of the most valuable paintings stolen from a museum in Rotterdam
ARTinvestment.RU   17 октября 2012

In the night from 15 to 16 October from Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam were stolen Matisse, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Freud Lusiena and Meyer de Haan. The works involved in the temporary exhibition and were not even in the permanent collection of the museum

from Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam in the night of 15 on October 16, stole seven of the most valuable works of art. Were abducted by Matisse, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Freud Lusiena and Meyer de Haan. The robbery occurred about 3:00 am, an alarm, but the police did not manage to arrive at the scene of the crime. An investigation is underway.

stolen paintings are from the collection of Dutch investor Willem Corden (Willem Cordia), who died in 2011. Now it is the private collection of Triton Foundation. In Rotterdam Kunsthal paintings brought to the first public exhibition. The collection at the museum, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, no.

were stolen: "Self Portrait" in 1890 by the Dutch artist brush Meyer de Khan (Meyer de Haan); painting " The girl at the open window "(1898) by Paul Gauguin, two works by Claude Monet in 1901 -" Waterloo Bridge, London "and" Charing Cross Bridge, London "," Reading girl in yellow and white "(1919) works by Henri Matisse," Head Harlequin "(1971) by Pablo Picasso, as well as a portrait of" Woman with eyes closed "(2002) painted by Freud Lusiena.

According to police, the robbery was committed by professionals. Everything was carefully planned: the thieves were specific to work. A former Scotland Yard detective and now a private investigator, Charles Hill (Charles Hill) suggests that this was a robbery by the order and that the customer is likely to need the money urgently to pay off huge debt. It certainly is the duty of some crime boss, and in the absence of cash debtor decided to "pay off" pictures. This version is the fact that to sell the paintings in the usual way is not possible.

The museum assured journalists that the security measures were adequate. The museum did not have guards, but there was a good alarm system. The police arrived five minutes after the alarm. The head of the museum Ansenk Emily (Emily Ansenk) described it as "a nightmare of every director of the museum».

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources : nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru