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Three Stolen Renoir Paintings May Have Been Nazi Looted
Police say two suspects escaped with two Renoir works worth about €9 million after a pre-dawn raid at the museum.
- On Tuesday, two suspects breached the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, stealing four paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir before police arrived within five minutes, forcing them to abandon two works in the garden.
- Three of the stolen works are classified as Musées Nationaux Récupération , cultural property recovered after the Second World War that was originally looted by Nazis from Jewish families and French museums.
- Estimated at around €9 million, the four paintings include "Portrait of Madame Stephen Pichon" and "Coco Reading," which authorities recovered, while "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well" remain missing.
- Culture Minister Catherine Pégard cited the burglary as evidence of museum vulnerability and announced a €30 million museum-security fund in July supporting 482 priority projects across France.
- Mayor Bryan Masson described the suspects as "well equipped and well informed," while investigators actively hunt for them after surveillance cameras captured their movements during the break-in.
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Stolen at the Renoir Museum on Tuesday, the paintings are added to the list of subtlety works in recent months that led the Minister of Culture to announce an emergency action plan in July.
·Paris, France
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A burglary in the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer shocked the art world. Two perpetrators stole masterpieces worth millions – but left half of their loot in the museum garden on the run.
·Munich, Germany
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