Brueghel painting stolen from Poland in 1974 found in local Dutch museum
Art detective and magazine help crack case of Flemish masterpiece thought to have been stolen by Polish agentsA “spectacular” stolen Flemish masterpiece has been rediscovered hanging on the walls of a provincial Dutch museum thanks to the efforts of an art detective and an antiques magazine.The 17cm-wide painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger of a farmer’s wife with hot coals in one hand and a bucket of water in the other is thought to have been stolen from a Polish museum by secret service agents in 1974. Continue reading...
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Art detective and magazine help crack case of Flemish masterpiece thought to have been stolen by Polish agents
A “spectacular” stolen Flemish masterpiece has been rediscovered hanging on the walls of a provincial Dutch museum thanks to the efforts of an art detective and an antiques magazine.
The 17cm-wide painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger of a farmer’s wife with hot coals in one hand and a bucket of water in the other is thought to have been stolen from a Polish museum by secret service agents in 1974. Continue reading...
