Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство - "Vityaz" left, taking the "View of Istanbul

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19.07.2010 16:22

Two notable examples of Russian painting - sketch "Knight at the Crossroads" brush Vasnetsov and "View of Istanbul hierarchy abducted over the weekend in St. Petersburg. The hosts had declared on the theft of rarities, collectors are not, and until the documents confirming the authorship of famous artists, the police have not provided. According to law enforcement officers, thefts are of different nature: with Vasnetsov thieves take only pictures, but the View of Istanbul "packed with equipment and money.

Since the difference in 4 hours last weekend in St Petersburg police department received information about two thefts of antiques. July 18, after returning daily absence apartment Vvedensky Street 62-year-old owner found that his apartment on the second floor window and put the thieves stole seven paintings. Cloths, dated according to the age of 19-20, got a man inherited from his family. Collector himself the victim does not believe, however, certainly showed that the most valuable booty of thieves is a sketch Vasnetsov, "Knight at the Crossroads". He was a man commended in the amount of 20 thousand euros. However, the documents confirming the authorship of the abducted sketch, as well as six other paintings, a pensioner was not there.

And about two o'clock in the morning from 18 th to 19 th July, police asked the man who introduced the director of construction company ZAO Renaissance Kontrakshn, and also claimed the theft of paintings from the rarity of his apartment house on Pulkovskoe highway. According to preliminary information, the apartment owner, alarm systems, hackers have penetrated through the ventilation shaft from the morning of 15 July, on the night of the 19 th. From the premises thieves have taken not only the picture of the artist Alexei Bogolyubov "Kind of Istanbul, but also expensive photo equipment, as well as a large sum of money.

It is curious that, as they say, at the time of entry alarm system, installed in the apartment, worked, and in place as soon as officers arrived protection, however, nothing and no one supposedly is not found. Nevertheless, according to some sources, the nature of damage in the apartment indicated that the attackers arrived in the room long. Rather, this issue will also have to understand the course of the investigation.

The greatest damage to the builder, by his own estimation, has suffered the theft of paintings hierarchy. Alexey Bogolyubov (1824 - 1896) - Russian marine painter, master of Russian battle marina. In 1841 he graduated from the Naval College and served in the Navy, visited many countries. In 1849 attended the classes of the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, studying with the MN Vorobyov and BP Villevalde. However, the greatest influence on him, IK Aivazovsky. He was the chief artist of the Naval Staff. Kidnapped "Kind of Istanbul owner rated at 600 thousand rubles, and the total loss from theft of 1,5 million rubles.

In the police department say that if the first case, thieves, according to the nature of the crime were indeed behind the pictures, in the second - the canvas was a windfall villains.

Now police are trying to get confirmation of authorship of paintings and their descriptions for the search.

Tatiana Vostroilova,
"Fontanka.ru»

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