Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera
Police are searching for two suspects after the museum said the stolen works were valued at about €9 million.
- On Tuesday, thieves stole four Renoir paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, abandoning two in the garden as they fled. Mayor Bryan Masson confirmed the theft at the historic home of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
- The alarm system triggered at 5:48 a.m. local time, and police arrived five minutes later. Their swift response "forced the burglars to flee in haste and helped limit the scale of the theft," Masson said.
- Perpetrators entered the museum by slicing through a fence to access the ground floor. Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano and Young Woman at the Well remain missing from the four stolen works.
- Mayor Masson called for greater security measures for museums across France following the incident. The theft echoes the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last year.
- Art theft expert James Ratcliffe of the Art Loss Register warned that organized crime increasingly targets traditional art. Without increased funding, museums risk being perceived as "straightforward places to steal from," he noted.
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