Van Gogh Painting stolen

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:55 pm **(#1)**

More sad pandemic news. Van Gogh's Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring was stolen,
from a museum currently closed due to corona, on his birthday.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... tch-museum

level_0 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:08 pm **(#2)**

Nidhogg

I read it also :
http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/un-tableau-de-van-gogh-volee-dans-un-musee-des-pays-bas-ferme-en-raison-du-covid-19-30-03-2020-8290716.php

Tas_mania · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2015 **Posts:** 1472

The museum’s director ... said he was “incredibly pissed off”. Rightly so because the painting was on loan.

Was it just a coincidence it was stolen on Vincents birthday?

Hopefully the intrepid Dutch 'art police' will track-down the thieves and discover if they planned the theft on Van Gogh's birthday. Then they will get the usual 2 year sentences.

I notice you also read the Guardian? The best mainstream media here although now they are all working from home.