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| Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in the theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse and others from a Rotterdam art gallery last year, Dutch police said on Tuesday. The stolen works have not been recovered. | Romanian authorities have arrested three suspects in the theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse and others from a Rotterdam art gallery last year, Dutch police said on Tuesday. The stolen works have not been recovered. |
| The late-night raid at the Kunsthal gallery in October was the biggest art theft in more than a decade in the Netherlands. The stolen works would have an estimated value of tens of millions of pounds if sold at auction, but art experts said that would be impossible following the theft. | The late-night raid at the Kunsthal gallery in October was the biggest art theft in more than a decade in the Netherlands. The stolen works would have an estimated value of tens of millions of pounds if sold at auction, but art experts said that would be impossible following the theft. |
| A Rotterdam police spokeswoman said: "Three people have been arrested, but unfortunately we have not got back the paintings." There were no further details of the arrests or the suspects. | A Rotterdam police spokeswoman said: "Three people have been arrested, but unfortunately we have not got back the paintings." There were no further details of the arrests or the suspects. |
| Thieves are believed to have broken into the gallery through an emergency exit at the rear of the building and snatched the paintings. The following morning only white spaces and broken hanging wires were left. Police were on the scene within five minutes of an alarm being triggered but the thieves were already gone. | Thieves are believed to have broken into the gallery through an emergency exit at the rear of the building and snatched the paintings. The following morning only white spaces and broken hanging wires were left. Police were on the scene within five minutes of an alarm being triggered but the thieves were already gone. |
| The stolen paintings came from the private Triton Foundation collection. They were: Pablo Picasso's 1971 Harlequin Head; Claude Monet's 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Henri Matisse's 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow; Paul Gauguin's 1898 Girl in Front of Open Window; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait, dated around 1890; and Lucian Freud's 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed. | The stolen paintings came from the private Triton Foundation collection. They were: Pablo Picasso's 1971 Harlequin Head; Claude Monet's 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Henri Matisse's 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow; Paul Gauguin's 1898 Girl in Front of Open Window; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait, dated around 1890; and Lucian Freud's 2002 Woman with Eyes Closed. |
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