More than three years after it was that was shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered, a little worse for wear, the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands said Tuesday.
Van Gogh91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,91裸聊视频� which was painted in 1884, was snatched in an overnight raid in March 2020 from The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam. It was there on loan from the Groninger Museum.
91裸聊视频淭he Groninger Museum is extremely happy and relieved that the work is back,91裸聊视频� its director, Andreas Bl眉hm, said in a statement. 91裸聊视频淲e are very grateful to everyone who contributed to this good outcome.91裸聊视频�
The museum paid tribute to Dutch art for his 91裸聊视频渒ey role in this case.91裸聊视频�
It declined to provide further details about how it was found. It said 91裸聊视频渢he painting has suffered, but is 91裸聊视频� at first glance 91裸聊视频� still in good condition.91裸聊视频� The work will be scientifically examined in coming months. It91裸聊视频檚 being kept temporarily at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Its value was not provided. On the rare occasions when Van Gogh91裸聊视频檚 paintings come up for sale, they fetch millions at auction. However, an insurance company had paid the Groninger Museum for the loss and is now the formal owner, although the museum says it will exercise its right to first purchase of the work.
It said that it hopes to have 91裸聊视频淭he Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring91裸聊视频� back on display soon, although this 91裸聊视频渃ould take weeks, if not months.91裸聊视频�
The 25-by-57-centimeter (10-by-22-inch) oil on paper painting shows a person standing in a garden surrounded by trees, with a church tower in the background.
It dates to a time when van Gogh had moved back to his family in a rural area of the Netherlands and painted the life he saw there, including with his famous work 91裸聊视频淭he Potato Eaters,91裸聊视频� in mostly somber tones.
Later, he moved to southern France, where he developed a far more colorful, vibrant style of painting as his health declined before his death in 1890.
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