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Three men stole a painting of the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir of an estimated value between $ 136,000 and $ 182,000 at a Vienna auction house on Monday, thus removing it from its frame. announced the Viennese police.
The men "were clearly professionals" and seemed to act in a coordinated way when they caught the art work of the auction house Dorotheum in the Austrian capital, authorities said.
"Everything happened really[[[[sic.]Patrick Maierhofer, a spokesman for the Viennese police, told ABC News in an email on Thursday. "They just released the newspaper[[[[sic.]from the frame and came out. "
Dorotheum
Maierhofer explained that the painting they had taken was a 1895 depiction of a landscape called "Gulf, Sea, Green Cliffs".
Vienna Police
The police published several surveillance images that they said showed the three suspects. The men entered the auction hall at 5:15 pm and seized the painting on the second floor before leaving through various exits, police said in a statement.
Vienna Police
Dorotheum spokeswoman Doris Krumpl said the auction house had not commented on the flight beyond the police report.
Vienna Police
Maierhofer said that the media attention had generated "calls with some hints", but no major development. He added that the investigators worked with international police organizations.
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