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SWEDEN'S NATIONAL
MUSEUM THEFT
![Renoir, Young Parisian](images/sweden.jpg) |
![Rembrandt, self portrait](images/rembrandt_sweden.jpg) |
Renoir, Young Parisian
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Rembrandt, Self Portrait |
Recovered
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DESCRIPTION
In December 2000,
three men entered the National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. One man threatened
a guard with a submachine gun while the other two armed
thieves removed three paintings worth $36 million within a few minutes. With
Renoir’s Young Parisian and Conversation with a Gardner and
a Rembrandt self-portrait in hand, the thieves escaped in a motor
boat covering their escape with diversionary explosions in other parts of
the city. One of the paintings, Conversation with a Gardner, was
found later by police during a raid. The other two paintings were recovered
in 2005. |
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