US EditionThieves steal Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings in three-minute Italian heist
Three paintings worth about €9 million were stolen in under three minutes by a suspected organized gang targeting high-value European museum artworks.
- On March 22, four masked men broke into the Magnani Rocca Foundation villa near Parma and stole three masterpieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Cézanne, and Henri Matisse from the French Room.
- The gang forced their way through the main door, escaping over a fence in three minutes, which the Magnani Rocca Foundation described as 'structured and organised' execution.
- Stolen works include Les Poissons by Renoir, Still Life with Cherries by Cézanne, and Odalisque on the Terrace by Matisse, with combined estimated value of £9m.
- Italy's Carabinieri and the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Bologna opened an investigation into the theft, which became public on Sunday following the March 22 incident.
- The heist follows a brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre in Paris last October, suggesting heightened vulnerability among Europe's cultural institutions to organised art theft.
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Art Thieves Steal Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Worth More Than $10 Million, Fleeing the Scene in Just Three Minutes
The Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Italy was the target of a shocking art heist—only five months after a high-profile theft at the Louvre in Paris
Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse: Paintings Taken in Northern Italy Theft
Three paintings by French artists Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse have been stolen from a museum in northern Italy in a brazen overnight heist, police disclosed on Monday, March 30th The works, taken from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca near Parma, are collectively valued at approximately €9 million. The nighttime theft occurred between March 22nd and 23rd. Four hooded intruders broke through a first-floor entrance and seized…
Three paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse have been stolen in a museum near Parma within a few minutes.
Italy.- Thieves took three paintings of Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse valued in millions of dollars from a museum near the city of Parma, in northern Italy, the police reported on Monday. The theft occurred the night of 22 to 23 March, but transcended today, and the thieves forced the entrance door, detailed the police. The three stolen paintings are "Peces", by Auguste Renoir; "Nature dead with cherries", by Paul Cézanne, and "Odalisca on the ter…
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