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A painting attributed to French Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and another to Fleming Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), recovered today after being stolen in April 2017 in the Italian city of Monza reported the body of carabinieri.
The works were found in a warehouse in Turin in northern Italy, in a good state of conservation and apparently waiting to be sold in the market of Art, spokespersons confirmed for the Nucleus for the protection of the cultural heritage of Carabineros de Monza . 19659002] The details of the paintings are "The Holy Family", attributed to Rubens, and "The Girls on the Prairie", allegedly painted by Renoir.
The works were stolen on April 20, 2017 during a buy-sell transaction. in a building in Monza, where two men appeared, a Cro, a 44-year-old man who claimed to be an Israeli diplomat and rabbi, and a 30-year-old Austrian who claimed to be an badistant to the first.
Recuperati dai @_ Carabinieri of Nucleus TPC of #Monza a #Rubens e a #Renoir rubati nel 2017. @BonisoliAlberto : "Grazie all 'Arma by the expensive and preeminent attività investigativa in difesa dei nostri beni culturali che devono semper rimanere patrimonio comune" pic.twitter.com/vhgesYtrIl [19659002] – MiBAC (@_MiBAC) July 20, 2018
The two had agreed to buy the paintings of the owner of an art gallery, which had placed a base price ] nine million euros (about 10.5 million euros) dollars .
The alleged buyers tripled the offer to bring it to 26 million euros (about 30.3 million dollars) but during the meeting managed to distract the seller with something, seized works and escaped aboard a truck before the incredulous gaze of gallerist who could not stop them.
The carabinieri confirmed that after more than a year of investigations in which eight people had been identified as suspected of having participated in the robbery, the work was located in a warehouse. A house in Turin. 19659002] Monza's chief prosecutor, Maria Luisa Zanetti, said that the perpetrators of the robbery were members of a gang that was committing such crimes and were waiting for the opportunity to sell the paintings on the market. Local art.
It is now expected that both paintings will be officially recognized by the owner and subjected to expert tests to establish their value and authenticity.
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