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Picasso and Chagall paintings stolen in Tel Aviv found in Antwerp

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Picasso and Chagall paintings stolen in Tel Aviv found in Antwerp
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Belgian police recovered Pablo Picasso’s Tête and Marc Chagall’s L’homme en prière in an Antwerp basement. Both paintings had been stolen from a private home in Tel Aviv in 2010. Photo of the recovered Picasso: Namur prosecutor’s office via Reuters and The Guardian.

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Recovered artMarc Chagall

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

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