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Police investigate disappearance of more than 200 Mozart figures in Salzburg

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Police investigate disappearance of more than 200 Mozart figures in Salzburg
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ORF reported that Salzburg police were investigating the theft of more than 200 gold-coloured miniature Mozarts from Ottmar Hörl’s installation in the Mirabell Gardens. The image shows remaining examples from the installation, photographed by Georg Hummer for ORF.

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

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