{"id":18396,"date":"2021-04-07T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18396"},"modified":"2021-04-07T02:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T06:03:01","slug":"dutch-arrest-over-van-gogh-and-frans-hals-museum-thefts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/dutch-arrest-over-van-gogh-and-frans-hals-museum-thefts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch arrest over Van Gogh and Frans Hals museum thefts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Police have arrested a man over art thefts in two Dutch towns several months apart last year.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The 58-year-old, arrested at his home in the central town of Baarn, is suspected of stealing works by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals from museums in the towns of Laren and Leerdam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Neither of the paintings has been recovered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Frans Hals&#8217;s Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer, is reputed to be worth some \u20ac15m (\u00a313m; $17.5m).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Police said the search for the two works continued but\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politie.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/april\/6\/03-aanhouding-14tuin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the arrest was an important step<\/a>\u00a0in the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-53934954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch masterpiece stolen for third time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-53097980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art detective receives photos of &#8216;stolen Van Gogh&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20200406-meet-the-worlds-greatest-art-detective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet the world&#8217;s greatest art detective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Van Gogh&#8217;s Spring Garden, also known as Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, was stolen during a break-in at the Singer museum in Laren, a short distance from Baarn in March last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1o0jf7v-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/15320\/production\/_117861868_vincent-van-gogh_lentetuin-de-pastorietuin-te-nuenen-in-het-voorjaar_groninger-museum_hr.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Marten de Leeuw\" width=\"976\" height=\"429\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\">Vincent van Gogh, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, 1884, Groninger Museum, on loan from Municipality of Groningen: Photo Marten de Leeuw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The painting had been on loan from a museum in the northern city of Groningen and the building was closed because of coronavirus measures at the time. The thief broke down two glass doors with a sledgehammer before making off with the canvas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said later he had received two &#8220;proof of life&#8221; photos which he said showed that the Van Gogh canvas had not been destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Then in August the Frans Hals work was seized from a museum in Leerdam, south of Utrecht.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18397\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Frans-Hals-Two-Laughing-Boys-with-a-Mug-of-Beer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18397\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Frans-Hals-Two-Laughing-Boys-with-a-Mug-of-Beer.jpg\" alt=\"Frans Hals's Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer\" width=\"400\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Frans-Hals-Two-Laughing-Boys-with-a-Mug-of-Beer.jpg 400w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Frans-Hals-Two-Laughing-Boys-with-a-Mug-of-Beer-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frans Hals&#8217;s Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>This work had been stolen twice before, in 1988 and 2011, but was later returned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Brand told the BBC at the time that such thefts were not uncommon as criminals had previously bought stolen works of art to exchange them for shorter jail terms. Dutch TV programme Crime Desk reported earlier this year that the Van Gogh had been bought by a suspect in a cocaine trafficking ring but negotiations to have it handed back had failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The suspect was arrested in an early morning raid in the centre of Baarn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Brand told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad that it was unlikely that the suspect knew the location of the paintings as stolen artwork was often moved around quickly by criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A spokeswoman for the Singer museum said she hoped the arrest would lead to the Van Gogh painting so people could once again enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-56651925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Police have arrested a man over art thefts in two Dutch towns several months apart last year. 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