$6.2M Vincent Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Dutch Museum During Quarantine
Around 3:15 am this morning (local time), on the birthday of Vincent van Gogh, a $6.2 million painting of his was stolen from a Dutch museum, that happens to be closed during the coronavirus quarantine.
The Singer Laren museum, which sits just outside of the Netherlands capital city of Amsterdam, confirmed that overnight someone stole van Gogh’s 1884 piece, “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring;” which was on loan from another Dutch gallery, the Groninger Museum.
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Speaking on the theft, museum director Jan Rudolph de Lorm stated, “I am shocked and unbelievably pissed off. It is very bad for the Groninger Museum. It’s also very bad for Singer.” He adds, “But above all it is horrible for all of us, because art is there to be seen and shared by all of us, for society as a whole, to bring enjoyment, to bring inspiration, and also to bring comfort. Especially in this difficult time.”
Local police say, “[The suspects] entered by breaking through the glass doors. The culprits were gone by the time police responded to the alarm.”
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Now, investigators are running through security footage, examining forensic evidence, and reaching out to any witnesses to piece together the crime.