The Kunsthaus in Zurich, one of Switzerland’s largest art museums, has filed a complaint with the police about the disappearance of two paintings by 17th-century masters. It has been reported TASS.
According to the museum, the artifacts disappeared after being sent for restoration due to a fire in August last year.
“Since the beginning of 2023, after the fire on the night of 3 August, two of the more than 700 works sent by Kunsthaus for cleaning and restoration have not been found. As the theft could not be ruled out, on January 13, Kunsthaus filed a complaint with the police, ”says the report.
We are talking about the painting “Soldiers in the camp” by the Flemish master Robert van den Hoecke in the middle of the 17th century, and the work “Daffodils and other flowers in a glass vase” by the Dutch Dirk de Bray. 1673. Both works are the property of individuals.
Kunsthaus registered the loss in the international register of lost artworks.
Earlier it was known that he was in Abkhazia. gone Plate painted by Pablo Picasso. The exhibition was held at the Dmitry Gulia Literary and Memorial Museum in Sukhum.Pablo Picasso’s “Woman’s Head” and Piet Mondrian’s “Windmill” were also reported stolen. return To the National Art Gallery in Athens.
Source: Gazeta
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