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 GoghB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,B次元官网网址� 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.
B次元官网网址淭he Groninger Museum is extremely happy and relieved that the work is back,B次元官网网址� its director, Andreas Bl眉hm, said in a statement. B次元官网网址淲e are very grateful to everyone who contributed to this good outcome.B次元官网网址�
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It declined to provide further details about how it was found. It said B次元官网网址渢he painting has suffered, but is B次元官网网址� at first glance B次元官网网址� still in good condition.B次元官网网址� The work will be scientifically examined in coming months. ItB次元官网网址檚 being kept temporarily at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Its value was not provided. On the rare occasions when Van GoghB次元官网网址檚 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 B次元官网网址淭he Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in SpringB次元官网网址� back on display soon, although this B次元官网网址渃ould take weeks, if not months.B次元官网网址�
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 B次元官网网址淭he Potato Eaters,B次元官网网址� 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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