Recovered art

Three Van Gogh paintings stolen from the Kröller-Müller Museum

Otterlo, Netherlands · Source report date:

The Kröller-Müller Museum after the theft. Rob C. Croes / Anefo / Nationaal Archief, CC0.
The Kröller-Müller Museum after the theft. Rob C. Croes / Anefo / Nationaal Archief, CC0. Image source ↗
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The paintings taken in December 1988 included the Otterlo version of The Potato Eaters, Dried Sunflowers and Weaver’s Interior. All three were recovered in 1989.

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Recovered art

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

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