Art theft

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting stolen from Vienna’s Dorotheum auction house

Vienna, Austria · Source report date:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Golfe, mer, falaises vertes, 1895. Dorotheum / Roberto Gobbo, via Wikimedia Commons (public-domain reproduction).
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Golfe, mer, falaises vertes, 1895. Dorotheum / Roberto Gobbo, via Wikimedia Commons (public-domain reproduction). Image source ↗
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Vienna police reported that three men removed a Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting from its frame at the Dorotheum on 26 November 2018. The auction catalogue identifies it as Golfe, mer, falaises vertes, 1895. This records the original theft stage; the 2019 sentencing report is separate.

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