Pronađene ukradene slike Van Gogha

Axel Ruger (L-3), director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, stands next to the paintings Congregation Leaving The Reformed Church of Neunen and The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm by Vincent Van Gogh during Italian investigators' press conference in Naples, Italy, 30 September 2016. Two priceless Van Goghs stolen from Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in December 2002 were among the assets recovered by Italian Finance police from a drug-trafficking clan in the Neapolitan Camorra mafia Friday. The works are worth some $100 million, investigative sources said. The paintings are The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm (1882) and Congregation Leaving The Reformed Church of Neunen (1884-1885). Some of the gang who stole the Van Goghs and other paintings were arrested a year later but the haul was never found. Assets worth tens of millions of euros were seized from the Camorra group. ANSA/ CIRO FUSCO

Talijanska je policija blizu Napulja pronašla dvije slike čuvenog majstora Van Gogha ukradene još 2002. u Amsterdamu. Dogodilo se to prilikom racije stana Raffaelea Imperialea, narko-šefa koji se trenutno nalazi izvan države. Krađa slika vrijednih najmanje 30 milijuna američkih dolara nalazila se na FBI-jevom popisu 10 najvećih zločina povezanih s umjetninama. I dalje je nepoznato kako su slike iz Amsterdama dospjele kod talijanskog kriminalca, ali trenutno je svima najvažnije da su napokon pronađena ova dva djela koja je Van Gogh naslikao u mladosti. Slikama su bili skinuti okviri, ali su inače ostale u dobrom fizičkom stanju. Prema talijanskim zakonima o krađi umjetničkih djela, izvjesno je da će se na povratak slika u Amsterdam čekati barem još nekoliko godina.

Piše: Boris Blažina

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