Million-dollar paintings stolen from Italian museum in under three minutes
Thieves broke into the Museo di Capodimonte's adjacent storage facility on March 30, stealing five masterpieces valued at millions that belonged to late collector Mario Ricci before they were moved from his estate in Naples; among those taken are iconic paintings by Matisse such as "The Dance," Renoir including a portrait of Madame Cézanne and her daughter Jeanne.
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1Four masked men broke into a private museum in northern Italy and stole three paintings.
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2The stolen artworks include famous pieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation near Parma. Police reported that all of these valuable works were gone within less than three minutes during an early morning break-in.
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Three paintings by famous French masters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a private museum in northern Italy within less than three minutes.
— (Livemint)The theft involved four masked men who broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation near Parma to steal artwork reportedly worth millions of dollars or euros, according to police reports on March 30.
— (Manchestereveningnews.co.uk / Sky News)On March 23-24 (reported as night), four masked men broke into the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum near Parma to steal three paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, and Matisse in under three minutes. The stolen artworks are estimated at approximately $10 million or €9–€10 million depending on sources cited within reports from Italian police and public broadcasters.