Two stolen Renoir paintings found, six arrested
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Two Renoir paintings stolen from a French museum last month have been found and six people arrested.
Two Renoir paintings stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France last month have been found and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday. The recovered paintings were 'Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano' and 'Young Woman at the Well'.
The thieves sliced through a fence and climbed through a window to carry out the heist, initially stealing four valuable paintings but abandoning two of the artworks as they fled. The entire operation took less than three minutes and targeted the museum's most valuable works. Investigators launched a national search for the perpetrators following the theft.
The mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Bryan Masson, issued a statement praising investigators who tracked down the paintings and suspects, though the statement did not elaborate on how they did so. The theft drew comparisons to the heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last year and revived calls for better security and funding for France's cultural sites.
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In this story: Renoir Museum · Cagnes-sur-Mer · Bryan Masson · France · Louvre Museum · Paris
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