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Tipster returns stolen artwork in an Ikea bag three years after its theft

The painting is an integral part of our collection and of our local cultural heritage, and thinking we could have lost that forever was terrible

Arthur Brand, the "Indiana Jones of the art world," negotiated the recovery of an 1884 canvas taken from a Dutch museum in March 2020

A Vincent van Gogh painting – stolen from a museum at midnight during an audacious robbery three years ago – has been found by an art detective in the Netherlands.Arthur Brand, dubbed the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” for locating a series of lost high

A Van Gogh masterpiece estimated to be worth as much as €6m that had been stolen from a Dutch museum three years ago has been returned.

Arthur Brand acquired the painting, the 1884 Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, which is worth up to six million euros (£5.1 million), on Monday after he tracked down a crook.

A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a daring midnight heist during the coronavirus lockdown three-and-a-half years ago, police said Tuesday.Brand, dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" for tracing a series of high-profile lost artworks, told AFP that confirming the painting was the stolen Van Gogh was "one of the greatest moments of my life."

Arthur Brand took possession of the 1884 Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring at his home yesterday.

Dutch art detective traces lost artwork seized from museum near Amsterdam during Covid lockdown

Dutch art detective tracks down painting worth between three and six million euro