TheVan Goghpainting was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in Laren, Netherlands on March 30, 2020.
You could only get in trouble.
So it was a little bit cursed.
TheVan Goghpainting was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in Laren, Netherlands on March 30, 2020. (Photo: Singer Laren viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 4.0 International)
It is currently in good company in the Van Gogh Museum.
We are very grateful to our colleagues in Amsterdam for their hospitality.
Arthur Brand played a key role in this case and the museum greatly appreciates that.
Vincent van Gogh, “Spring Garden, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” 1884, Groninger Museum, 1884 (Photo:Marten de Leeuw © Groninger Museum)
It will likely be put on display in the upcoming months, depending on its condition.
Today one year ago, I handed Bacchus of Vertillum (1st century BC) over to Catherine Monnet.
She is the director of the museum from which Bacchus was stolen 50 years ago.
Front entrance of the Singer Laren Museum. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported)
They negotiated a way to return the stolen Van Gogh.
What a crazy week.
The stolen Van Gogh was returned in a blue IKEA-bag.
It’s in French, but here I unpack the Van Gogh.
Nice clip…https://t.co/fIyE7VpS7I
Vincent van Gogh is back!
In close coordination with Dutch Police I was able to recover Van Goghs Spring Garden' (1884).
