Kunsthal Rotterdam art theft (2012)

The theft of seven paintings from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in the early hours of 16 October 2012. The works, lent by the Triton Foundation, were Monet's Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London, Picasso's Tête d'Arlequin, Gauguin's Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, Matisse's La Liseuse en blanc et jaune, Meijer de Haan's Self-Portrait and Lucian Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed. Romanian suspects were arrested in 2013, and the ringleader, Radu Dogaru, was sentenced in Bucharest that November. His mother told investigators she had burned the paintings in a stove, then retracted the statement; remains of burned paintings were found, but it has not been established that they were the stolen works. None of the seven has been recovered.

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