Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid
A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said Monday.
The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884 " by the Dutch master was taken in the early hours of Monday. Museum General Director Evert van Os said the institution that houses the collection of American couple William and Anna Singer is "angry, shocked, sad" at the theft of the painting.
The value of the work, which was on loan from the Groninger Museum in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, was not immediately known.
Police said in a statement that the thief or thieves smashed a glass door to get into the museum. That set off an alarm that sent officers rushing to the museum but by the time they got there the painting and whoever stole it were gone. A team including forensics and art theft experts was studying video footage and questioning neighbors.
The Singer Laren's collection has a focus on modernism such as neo-impressionism, pointillism, expressionism and cubism.
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