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The coup d'état at the Vienna Dorotheum was cheeky and probably a professional job. "Gulf, sea, green cliffs" of Auguste Renoir is still nowhere to be found. Art theft is a very profitable crime, but rare in Austria.

of Michael Tschida | 8:16 pm, November 28, 2018

Pierce Brosnan is amazing. In the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999), the gentleman cleverly steals a painting of Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for $ 100 million to give more thrills to his life as a millionaire to Wall Street.

The three authors of the Vienna Dorotheum had no gentlemen nor sophisticated, but insensitive: according to the police report, three unknowns entered Monday at 17:15 in the auction room of the 1st district and should be targeted on the 2nd floor of the Preview of landscapes published by Auguste Renoir, which should have been auctioned yesterday. Estimate of "Gulf, sea, green cliffs" of the year 1895, which shows a small ephemeral coastal strip: 120 000 to 160 000 euros.

According to information provided by the APA, the trio simply took the picture out of the frame, triggering a silent alarm. The latter was neither confirmed nor rejected by the police; When he learned about the coup and arrived at the scene, the culprits and the prey had already dissolved in the air.

"They may be professionals," said Patrick Maierhofer, spokesman for the Vienna Police Department. Surveillance camera images show three athletic-looking men, two of whom are carrying larger shopping bags. It is not known if Renoir's painting was stored inside. According to the police, it is certain that the suspects left the building through different exits.

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