Art theft

Bronze angel sculpture stolen from Rostock cemetery

Rostock, Germany · Source report date:

Bronze angel sculpture stolen from Rostock cemetery
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Police sought a bronze angel stolen from a gravesite at Rostock’s Neuer Friedhof between early February and early March 2025.

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Art theft

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

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