Prized Van Gogh painting stolen in Laren museum burglary
4 years, 9 months ago

Prized Van Gogh painting stolen in Laren museum burglary

NL Times  

A Van Gogh masterpiece was stolen during an early morning break-in at the Singer Museum in Laren, museum officials confirmed Monday afternoon. The theft of the painting, called "De Lentetuin," shocked and angered museum management, they said during a press conference. Groninger Museum director Andreas Blühm said the real victims were "the Dutch people." Last night this Van Gogh painting was stolen from the Singer Museum in Laren, the Netherlands.

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Investigators recover Van Gogh painting stolen in smash-and-grab at Singer Laren Museum
1 year, 3 months ago

Investigators recover Van Gogh painting stolen in smash-and-grab at Singer Laren Museum

NL Times  

A painting by Vincent van Gogh stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in Laren over three years ago has been recovered. The painting, titled The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, is back with the Groninger Museum, art detective Arthur Brand told the Telegraaf. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for the robbery of The Parsonage Garden at …

It's 8 years in jail for 'incorrigible' Dutch thief who stole a Van Gogh and got away on a scooter
3 years, 3 months ago

It's 8 years in jail for 'incorrigible' Dutch thief who stole a Van Gogh and got away on a scooter

Firstpost  

The man snatched Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” from the Singer Laren museum near Amsterdam. A few months later he stole Frans Hals’ “Two Laughing Boys” from the Museum Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden in Leerdam. The Hague, Netherlands: A 59-year-old man, described as an “incorrigible and calculating criminal” was convicted Friday of stealing a …

Suspect arrested for failed Monet theft previously stole two Van Goghs
3 years, 3 months ago

Suspect arrested for failed Monet theft previously stole two Van Goghs

NL Times  

One of two suspects wanted for a failed attempt to steal a Monet painting from the Zaans Museum on August 15, turned himself in to the police on Tuesday evening. The suspect is Henk B., who also stole two Van Gogh paintings in Amsterdam in 2002, the Telegraaf reports based on information from various sources in the "criminal circuit". In …

Trail found for Monet stolen in 2012 Rotterdam museum heist
3 years, 6 months ago

Trail found for Monet stolen in 2012 Rotterdam museum heist

NL Times  

Art detective Arthur Brand said he may be on the trail of a painting by Claude Monet that was stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, one of seven paintings stolen in the 2012 heist. A source told Brand that the painting ended up with Greek art thief George S., who was arrested last week for stealing artwork from the National …

Art thief suspected of stealing Van Gogh and Frans Hals paintings will remain in custody
3 years, 8 months ago

Art thief suspected of stealing Van Gogh and Frans Hals paintings will remain in custody

NL Times  

The 58-year-old man from Baarn, who was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of the theft of paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals, will remain in custody for fourteen days longer. Van Gogh's works; 'Lentetuin', and 'The Pasonage Garden at Nuenen', were stolen at the end of March from the Singer Laren museum, which had the painting on temporary …

Arrest made in high profile Van Gogh, Frans Hals thefts; Paintings still missing
3 years, 9 months ago

Arrest made in high profile Van Gogh, Frans Hals thefts; Paintings still missing

NL Times  

Police in the Netherlands arrested a 58-year-old man suspected of breaking into two museums last year in which paintings from Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals, valued at a combined total of 21-million euros, were stolen. The Van Gogh painting, The Pasonage Garden at Nuenen, known in Dutch as De Lentetuin, was swiped first. Five months later at about 3:30 …

Groninger Museum to celebrate stolen Van Gogh painting a year after the theft
3 years, 9 months ago

Groninger Museum to celebrate stolen Van Gogh painting a year after the theft

NL Times  

This Tuesday the Groninger Museum will marks a year since Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen was stolen. The painting was on loan to the Noord-Holland museum when a thief used something resembling a sledgehammer to smash open a glass door at about 3:15 a.m. Security camera footage showed the suspect race through the gift shop …

Robbers taunt police with photos of stolen Van Gogh
4 years, 6 months ago

Robbers taunt police with photos of stolen Van Gogh

Dutch News  

Photos have surfaced of a stolen painting by Van Gogh but police are no nearer to solving the case, the Parool reports. ‘The photos have been put into circulation in criminal circles as a sign to potential buyers that it is available’, Brand said. I think that is pretty funny.’ Brand said the robbery at the Singer Museum appears to …

Robbers taunt police with photos of stolen Van Gogh
4 years, 6 months ago

Robbers taunt police with photos of stolen Van Gogh

Dutch News  

Photos have surfaced of a stolen painting by Van Gogh but police are no nearer to solving the case, the Parool reports. ‘The photos have been put into circulation in criminal circles as a sign to potential buyers that it is available’, Brand said. I think that is pretty funny.’ Brand said the robbery at the Singer Museum appears to …

Photos surface of Van Gogh painting stolen from Laren museum
4 years, 6 months ago

Photos surface of Van Gogh painting stolen from Laren museum

NL Times  

Photos of the Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from the Singer Laren museum in March are in the possession of art detective Arthur Brand. They show the front and back of the painting, along with the front page of The New York Times dated May 30 and a copy of the Wilson Boldewijn book Meesterdief, Brand said on Twitter Meesterdief …

Police calling for museum visitors' help in search for stolen Van Gogh
4 years, 8 months ago

Police calling for museum visitors' help in search for stolen Van Gogh

NL Times  

The police are calling on people who visited the Singer Laren museum to send them photos taken in the museum. Investigators hope that these photos will help them track down the perpetrator who stole a Van Gogh painting from the museum late last month. The investigators hope they may spot something or someone suspicious in the submitted photos, such as …

Footage shows thief using sledgehammer to steal Van Gogh painting
4 years, 8 months ago

Footage shows thief using sledgehammer to steal Van Gogh painting

CNN  

CNN — Video footage shows how a sledgehammer-wielding thief broke into a museum in the Netherlands and walked off with a painting by Vincent van Gogh. courtesy Art Recovery Picasso's "La Coiffeuse" was discovered missing in 2001 and was recovered when it was shipped from Belgium to the United States in December 2014. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images Seven famous paintings …

Vincent van Gogh's painting stolen from Singer Laren Museum in Netherlands during COVID-19 lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

Vincent van Gogh's painting stolen from Singer Laren Museum in Netherlands during COVID-19 lockdown

Firstpost  

The Singer Laren Museum east of Amsterdam said The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884 by the Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was taken in the early hours of Monday. The Hague, Netherlands: A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of …

Van Gogh painting stolen from museum shuttered by Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Van Gogh painting stolen from museum shuttered by Covid-19 pandemic

CNN  

CNN — A painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen during the early hours of Monday morning from a Dutch museum that is currently closed due the coronavirus pandemic. The Singer Laren museum in the town of Laren, just outside Amsterdam, said Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” was stolen in an overnight raid. The Singer Laren …

Top art, treasure and jewel heists in Europe in recent times
5 years, 1 month ago

Top art, treasure and jewel heists in Europe in recent times

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A brazen burglary Monday at a German museum holding priceless treasures is another in a long history of daring European heists over the years. German police said it was too early to estimate the value of the items stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault, one of the world’s oldest museums, and museum officials called the objects “priceless.” Here’s a …

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