Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство

Three Romanians confessed to the theft of seven paintings from the Rotterdam Museum.

23.10.2013 , Bucharest 5:56:30 Three Romanians confessed to the theft of the Rotterdam Kunsthal museum that shook the art world , reports Associated Press. Radu Dogaru , Alexander bat and Eugene Dari pleaded guilty in the fact that in October 2012. stolen from the museum seven paintings valued at tens of millions of dollars and have forwarded them to Romania. Masterpieces were never found. R.Dogaru main suspect in his testimony indicated that he was confident that the paintings were copies. " I could not believe that the door opens with a screwdriver ," - he said, adding that the paintings were handed over to them a certain man Russian or Ukrainian origin, whose name and address he presented to the court in writing.

R.Dogaru rejected accusations that the pictures have been burned in the furnace of his mother. According to him , the remnants of paint, canvas and nails found in the ashes of Romanian experts could appear there after the burning planks painted fence or icons of the 19th century , the available in-house . Mother accused Olga Dogaru previously told investigators that he burned the pictures, fearing for the fate of his son , but was refused on the evidence.

The list of stolen paintings consists of the following paintings : "Head of Harlequin " by Pablo Picasso ( 1971) , " Waterloo Bridge , London " and " Charing Cross Bridge , London " by Claude Monet ( 1901 ) , " The Reading Girl in White and Yellow " Henry Matisse ( 1919g. ) , "The Girl in front of an open window " by Paul Gauguin ( 1898g. ) , "Self-Portrait " Meyer de Haan (about 1890. ) and "Woman with eyes closed " Lucian Freud (2002). Paintings were donated to the museum by a private foundation Triton Foundation and were part of the collection of multi Willem Korda and his wife Marieke van der Laan Cordier . V.Kordia died in 2011.