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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.

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand returns stolen multi-million euro painting to rightful place in the Groninger Museum

Van Gogh’s 1884 Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring was brazenly taken from a museum during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Arthur Brand/InstagramIt’s surely the most expensive item ever carried in an IKEA bag.A Dutch “art detective” has recovered an early masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh stolen from a museum three years ago after it was handed in at his Amsterdam home—wrapped in a trademark blue IKEA bag.Regulars at the Swedish retail giant will have used the bags to carry odds and ends picked up on the long trudge around the store: Jämlik candles, perhaps, or Huvudroll meatballs.But ...

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.

The painting was stolen from a Dutch museum on Van Gogh’s birthday three years ago

The painting, the 1884 “Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring”, worth more than US$3 million, was burgled from the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam on March 30, 2020 in a heist that made global headlines.

‘Indiana Jones’ art sleuth recovers stolen Van Gogh

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