Art restitution

All four paintings from the Bührle robbery returned

Zurich, Switzerland and Serbia · Source report date:

Cézanne’s The Boy in the Red Vest, one of the paintings taken in the Bührle robbery.
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CHF 100,000

Bührle theft recovery appeal

Historical offer; see the documented outcome below.

A CHF100,000 recovery-information reward was reported in February 2008. Zurich authorities confirmed all four paintings had returned by April 2012. Historical offer.

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Source checked · 7 Nov 2026
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Zurich authorities confirmed the return of works by Cézanne, Degas, Monet and Van Gogh stolen in 2008, following cooperation with Serbia.

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Art restitutionEdgar Degas

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

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