Renoir paintings stolen from French museum found
Two paintings by Renoir worth millions of dollars stolen a month ago from a museum in France have been returned, and six suspects have been arrested.
Two paintings by Renoir worth millions of dollars stolen a month ago from a museum in France have been returned, and six suspects have been arrested.
According to Reuters, thieves entered the grounds of the Renoir Museum in Caignes-sur-Mer in the early morning of September 8 through a hole made in the garden fence, and entered the building through a window.
Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an impressionist whose works sold at auctions for tens of millions of dollars, are Madame Romano’s Column and The Young Woman at the Well. Both belong to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and have been granted temporary use by the French Riviera.
“This news is a source of great joy and great relief for the city of Caignes-sur-Mer and its people,” Mayor Brian Masson said in a statement.
The thieves also stole two other paintings, "Portrait of Madame Stefan Pichon" and "Coco Reading," which depicts Claude, Renoir's youngest son. But they abandoned them in the garden when police arrived, hearing the alarm bell.
