Italian Police Recover Stolen Renoir, Cezanne, and Matisse Artworks That Were Looted in Just Three Minutes

Italian police have recovered three masterworks stolen from an art museum near Parma in northern Italy, Reuters and AP reported on the 14th local time.

The recovered pieces are Paul Cezanne's "Still Life with Cherries," Auguste Renoir's "Fish," and Henri Matisse's "Odalisque on a Terrace."

The artworks were stolen on the night of March 22 from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation museum in Parma.

The value of the stolen pieces is estimated at a total of around 9 million euros (approx. 14.7 billion KRW).

Police also released footage of the theft on the same day.

The video shows masked thieves breaking into the museum through a window, taking the paintings off the walls, and fleeing the building.

The entire crime took less than three minutes, police said.

Police described the operation as a "complex investigation" but did not provide further details.

The Magnani-Rocca Foundation was established in 1977 by art collector, music, and art critic Luigi Magnani (1906–1984), and became a museum operated by his family foundation after his death.

(Photo: Released by Magnani-Rocca Foundation, Yonhap News)
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