Rome, Aug. 14 (LaPresse) – The Carabinieri of the Parma Provincial Command and the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, following a complex investigation and during searches authorized by the Parma Public Prosecutor’s Office, have recovered the three paintings stolen on March 23 from the Magnani Rocca Foundation Museum in Traversetolo. The works are: ‘Tasse et plat de cerises,’ pencil and watercolor on white paper measuring 380 x 490 mm, by the Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, with an estimated value of 6,000,000 euros; ‘Les Poisson,’ an oil on canvas measuring 40 x 51.5 cm by the Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, signed and dated ‘Renoir 1917’ in the lower right corner, with an estimated value of approximately 3,000,000 euros; And “Odalisque Sur La Terrasse,” a color aquatint on paper (Velin d’Arches), measuring 63 x 91 cm in total, by the modernist artist Henri Matisse, with an estimated value of 20,000 euros. The investigation is still ongoing.
Parma: Three Stolen Paintings by Cézanne, Matisse, and Renoir Recovered
Rome, Aug. 14 (LaPresse) – The Carabinieri of the Parma Provincial Command and the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, following a complex investigation and during searches authorized by the Parma Public Prosecutor’s Office, have recovered the three paintings stolen on March 23 from the Magnani Rocca Foundation Museum in Traversetolo. The works are: ‘Tasse et plat de cerises,’ pencil and watercolor on white paper measuring 380 x 490 mm, by the Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, with an estimated value of 6,000,000 euros; ‘Les Poisson,’ an oil on canvas measuring 40 x 51.5 cm by the Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, signed and dated ‘Renoir 1917’ in the lower right corner, with an estimated value of approximately 3,000,000 euros; And “Odalisque Sur La Terrasse,” a color aquatint on paper (Velin d’Arches), measuring 63 x 91 cm in total, by the modernist artist Henri Matisse, with an estimated value of 20,000 euros. The investigation is still ongoing.