Art restitution

Coțofenești Helmet and two bracelets returned to Romania; third bracelet still missing

Netherlands and Romania · Source report date:

The Coțofenești Helmet displayed in a glass case with an officer standing nearby.
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Dutch prosecutors announced the return of the Coțofenești Helmet and two of three Dacian gold bracelets stolen from the Drents Museum in January 2025. The third bracelet remained missing at publication. Three suspects’ trial was due to begin on 14 April 2026.

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

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