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Two Renoir paintings stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8 have been recovered, along with six arrests made by authorities. The stolen artworks, "Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well," are valued at millions of dollars and belong to Paris' Orsay Museum. Thieves broke into the museum through a hole cut in the garden fence and entered via a window before dropping two other paintings during their escape when police arrived. Mayor Bryan Masson expressed relief over the recovery, which happened exactly one month after the theft.

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Two Renoir paintings stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8 have been recovered by French authorities. Six suspects were arrested following the theft, which involved cutting through a fence, smashing a window, and using an electric saw to remove four paintings; two were later abandoned. The paintings, "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" (1910) and "Jeune fille au puits" (1886), worth approximately 4.2 million euros ($4.7 million), had DNA evidence left on a protective cover that helped track the thieves, leading to their arrest before they could commit another heist at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The recovered artworks are damaged and will require restoration.

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Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday.

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🔮 Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday.

2026-10-09 · The Straits Times

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Renoir paintings stolen from Riviera museum recovered, six people arrested asserted

people → steal → museum

mayor → steal → Friday

Thieves had broken into the grounds of the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer early in the morning of September 8 through a hole cut in a garden fence and entered through a window. asserted

Thieves → break → window

The two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an Impressionist whose works have fetched tens of millions of dollars at auction, were "Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well". asserted

works → fetch → Well

Both belong to Paris' Orsay Museum and were on loan. asserted

Both → belong → loan

"This news is a source of immense joy and a great relief for the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer and its residents," mayor Bryan Masson said in a statement. asserted

Masson → say → statement

The Marseille public prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to questions about how the paintings had been recovered, but the mayor scheduled a press conference for 5 p.m. (1500 GMT). asserted

mayor → respond → p.m.

The thieves had also snatched two other paintings, "Madame Pichon" and "Coco Reading", a portrayal of Claude, Renoir's young son. asserted

thieves → snatch → Claude

But they dropped them in the gardens as police, alerted by alarms, arrived and gave chase. asserted

police → drop → chase