Dutch art detective traces lost artwork seized from museum near Amsterdam during Covid lockdown
A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a midnight heist during the coronavirus lockdown three and a half years ago, police have said.
Arthur Brand took possession of the missing painting, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, painted in 1884 and worth €3m-€6m (£2.6m-£5.2m), at his Amsterdam home on Monday, stuffed in a blue Ikea bag.
More Stories
‘Germany is back’: Merz secures Greens support for defence spend boost
US talks with Putin about Ukraine ‘very good and productive’, Trump says
‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation