World IN BRIEF : NETHERLANDS : Art Bandits Hit Van Gogh Museum
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
AT least 10 paintings were stolen from the Vincent Van Gogh Museum by robbers who took two guards hostage, Amsterdam police said. The exact number, identities and values of the works were not immediately known pending an inventory, but it is likely that works by Van Gogh--the Netherlands’ most famous painter--are among them. The museum houses more than 100 of the 19th Century Impressionist’s works, including “The Potato Eaters,” his depiction of rural Dutch poverty.
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