Renoir and Pissarro paintings found by Dutch police 22 years after theft
The works, dating from the 17th and 19th centuries, were located when they were offered for sale. Some of the works – which disappeared from the Noortman gallery in the southern city of Maastricht in 1987 – were damaged after being folded.
"The suspects were apparently trying to sell the art works to the insurance company that had paid out €2.27 million [£2 million] after they went missing," said a spokesman for the Dutch National Prosecutor's Office. "An expert will establish their value."
The works were by the 17th-century artists David Teniers, Willem van de Velde and Jan Brueghel the Younger (pictured) and the 19th-century painters Eva Gonzales, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Paul Desiré Trouillebert...
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"The suspects were apparently trying to sell the art works to the insurance company that had paid out €2.27 million [£2 million] after they went missing," said a spokesman for the Dutch National Prosecutor's Office. "An expert will establish their value."
The works were by the 17th-century artists David Teniers, Willem van de Velde and Jan Brueghel the Younger (pictured) and the 19th-century painters Eva Gonzales, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Paul Desiré Trouillebert...