{"id":499,"date":"2021-04-07T10:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=499"},"modified":"2021-04-07T10:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:01:29","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-theft-of-van-gogh-and-hals-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/suspect-arrested-in-theft-of-van-gogh-and-hals-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad Paragraph__isDropCap\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_5F14CC14-DB65-C67A-D7A1-A7953E7FB443\">Aman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing two paintings, one by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals, from museums in the Netherlands, police said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_1DF55313-6479-B2FC-4171-A7972DFC8E16\">Van Gogh&#8217;s &#8220;The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring&#8221; was taken from The Singer Laren museum in the town of Laren, just outside Amsterdam, in March last year\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during an overnight raid<\/a>. The museum was closed at the time due to coronavirus restrictions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_F5C41133-670D-8F7A-47E8-A7972E001AC9\">The painting &#8212; created by the Dutch master in 1884 &#8212; was on loan from another art institution, the Groninger Museum in the city of Groningen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"BasicArticle__ad BasicArticle__nativeAd\">\n<div class=\"Ad__component\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_7F8D312F-69E6-E62C-BB93-A7A5168F6860\">In August, &#8220;Two laughing boys&#8221; by Dutch Golden Age master Hals was stolen from the Hofje van mevrouw Aerden in Leerdam, police said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"BasicArticle__image BasicArticle__padLarge\">\n<div class=\"Image__component Image__isLoaded\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"BasicArticle__caption\">\n<div class=\"Image__component Image__isLoaded\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/q_auto,w_727,c_fit\/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F210406102457-two-laughing-boys-frans-hals.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Two Laughing Boys&quot; by Frans Hals has been stolen twice before, once from the Leerdam Museum in May 2011.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container erd_scroll_detection_container_animation_active\">\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"erd_scroll_detection_container\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Two Laughing Boys&#8221; by Frans Hals has been stolen twice before, once from the Leerdam Museum in May 2011. <span class=\"BasicArticle__credit\">Credit:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"BasicArticle__credit\">Public Domain\/Creative Commons<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_7B4E5FAF-16C0-B03F-4B34-A7A307F32603\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">The painting<\/a>, which features two laughing boys with a mug of beer, was valued at 15 million euros ($17.7 million) by one expert, according to Reuters news agency. The painting has been stolen twice before &#8212; once from the same museum in 2011, before being recovered by police.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_7B4E5FAF-16C0-B03F-4B34-A7A307F32603\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_7B4E5FAF-16C0-B03F-4B34-A7A307F32603\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_59AF9F7C-BAB4-BEDB-23A1-A7A4BE22C05E\">Police said Tuesday that a 58-year-old man from Baarn was arrested at his home on suspicion of stealing the paintings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_B26E1032-CC9D-B52E-3A33-A7972E085947\">A search continues for both pieces of artwork, which remain missing, police said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_AA90E473-D585-94FE-38D7-A7972E0A7177\">&#8220;The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring&#8221; was created in the town of Nuenen, where Van Gogh stayed with his parents between 1883 and 1885.<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component BasicArticle__paragraph BasicArticle__pad\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\">It depicts the garden of the parsonage they lived in and where his father served as pastor, and also shows the ruins of an old church that featured in a number of other Van Gogh works from the period.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2AE2BB39-AF91-812C-7908-A7DC1030919E\">Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing two paintings, one by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals, from museums in the Netherlands, police said. 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