$5-Million Stolen Rembrandt Found in West Germany
Police found a stolen Rembrandt worth $5 million in a railway luggage room, authorities said today.
The 1632 painting “Jacob de Gheyn III,” stolen 3 1/2 years ago from Dulwich College Art Gallery in London, was checked into the luggage office of the main rail station in Muenster, 85 miles north of Bonn, in September, the prosecutor’s office said.
British police took possession of the 15-by-10-inch Rembrandt on Wednesday, the office said. Details of the discovery were withheld so as not to hamper Britain’s investigation of the theft.
It was not disclosed how the painting, which was wrapped in paper, was discovered.
The prosecutor’s office said British police investigators confirmed that the painting was the original stolen in May, 1983. Its value was estimated at $5 million.
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