Art court dispute

Guilty plea in Nice museum four-painting theft case

Nice, France and Miami, USA · Source report date:

Claude Monet, Cliffs near Dieppe, one of the stolen paintings; The Guardian
Claude Monet, Cliffs near Dieppe, one of the stolen paintings; The Guardian Image source ↗
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Bernard Ternus pleaded guilty to a conspiracy involving stolen Monet, Sisley and Brueghel paintings taken in the August 2007 robbery.

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Art court disputeAlfred SisleyJan Brueghel

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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