Three works by famous Impressionist painters have been stolen from the private Fondazione Magnani-Rocca museum near the city of Parma, Italy, reports the national portal “Adyrna.”
According to foreign media, the crime was committed on the night of March 22 to 23. However, the information was only made public a week later.
Unknown individuals broke through the museum’s entrance door and managed to take the paintings in just three minutes before escaping through the garden.
The stolen works include Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting “Fish,” Paul Cézanne’s “Still Life,” and an aquarelle by Henri Matisse.
Museum representatives stated that this was a premeditated crime.
According to preliminary estimates, the value of the stolen artworks amounts to several million euros. An investigation is currently underway.
