Kunsthal museum robbery Bashny.Net

Rotterdam Kunsthal museum robbery has become one of the largest in the last few decades. From the museum stolen seven paintings: Pablo Picasso's "Harlequin Head" (1971), two works by Claude Monet - "Waterloo Bridge" and "Charing Cross Bridge" (1901), painting by Henri Matisse "Reading girl in white and yellow" (1919 ), a work by Paul Gauguin "The woman in front of an open window" (1898), "Self Portrait" Dutch painter of the late XIX century, Meyer de Haan (1890) and the painting by British artist Lucian Freud "Woman with closed eyes" (2002). The exhibition "Avant-garde", which demonstrates the paintings end of XIX-XX centuries, timed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Kunsthal. All the works were collected by Dutch millionaire Willem cords. Evaluation of stolen works of difference, but in any case we are talking about tens of millions. According to estimations of The Art Loss Register, which is listed on the account all the stolen works of art, the total cost of the seven paintings of 40-80 million pounds.