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France Media Agency
Vienna
A small painting by the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was stolen from a large auction house in the center of Vienna, local police said on Wednesday, looking for three suspects.
The painting depicting a seaside landscape was to go under the hammer Wednesday but has disappeared since Monday afternoon, according to the same source. Its value is estimated between 120,000 and 160,000 euros ($ 181,000 and 241,000).
The police released images taken by a surveillance camera showing three men entering the Dorotheum Auction House building at approximately 17:15. After heading directly to the second floor exhibit, they reportedly left the scene. separately.
"They were probably professionals," said Patrick Maierhofer, spokesman for the Viennese police.
Measuring 40 x 27 centimeters, this table entitled Gulf, Sea, Green Cliffs dates from 1895.
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