Three Masterpieces by Cézanne and Others Stolen from Italian Museum Near Parma in Nighttime Heist
Four masked thieves broke into the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, Italy last night to steal three paintings attributed to Renoir, Matisse, and Paul Gauguin. The stolen artworks include a 1902 "Landscape with Cypresses" by Auguste Renoir from Paris's Musée d'Orsay collection as well as pieces linked to the other two artists mentioned in reports of their thefts this evening.
Key Points
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1Four masked thieves stole three paintings from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma in northern Italy.
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2The stolen artworks include works by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse that were taken a week prior to Sunday's police announcement.
Developments
Perspectives
Four masked men entered the villa of the Magnani Rocca Foundation and stole paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse from a museum in Italy.
— [Mar 29, 18:05] After The Louvre: Italian museum victim of major break-in (Partner-feeds.20min.ch)Police confirmed that three paintings signed Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse were stolen from a French collection in Italy.
— [Mar 29, 18:36] Vol d'art en Italie : Trois tableaux de Renoir, Cézanne et Matisse dérobés près de Parme (Partner-feeds.publishing.tamedia.ch)'Four masked men entered the villa of the Magnani Rocca Foundation and made off with them', police said Sunday.
— [Mar 29, 18:05] After The Louvre: Italian museum victim of major break-in (Partner-feeds.20min.ch)'Thieves stole paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse from a museum in Italy', police said Sunday.
— [Mar 29, 18:36] Vol d'art en Italie : Trois tableaux de Renoir, Cézanne et Matisse dérobés près de Parme (Partner-feeds.publishing.tamedia.ch)