Recovered art

FBI completes recovery of six stolen N.C. Wyeth paintings

Maine and Boston, United States · Source report date:

N.C. Wyeth, The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff. FBI recovery photograph.
N.C. Wyeth, The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff. FBI recovery photograph. Image source ↗
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The FBI announced that the last two paintings from a 2013 Maine theft were surrendered on 9 October 2015. Four others had been recovered in December 2014. The investigation remained open at publication.

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Identification details follow the Object ID categories where documented. Ownership history is recorded separately; this documentation is not an authentication or a certificate of ownership.

Recovered artN.C. Wyeth

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

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