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Paintings by Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse stolen from Kunsthal Rotterdam |
| October 17th, 2012 01:35:07 am |
AMSTERDAM (AP).- Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions. Police haven't said how they pulled off the early hours heist, but an expert who tracks stolen art said the robbers clearly knew what they were after. "Those thieves got one hell of a haul," said Chris Marinello, who directs the Art Loss Register. The heist at the Kunsthal museum is one of the largest in years in the Netherlands, and is a stunning blow for the private Triton Foundation collection, which was being exhibited publicly as a group for the first time. "It's every museum director's worst nightmare," said Kunsthal director Emily Ansenk, |
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