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2 Renoir paintings stolen from French museum recovered, mayor says

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Two paintings by a French master were recovered from a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, about a month after they were stolen. Thieves broke into the museum in September and took two works while leaving behind two others; they cut through a fence and smashed a window to enter. Mayor Bryan Masson expressed relief at their recovery but did not provide further details on how or when the paintings were found.
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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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📰 Renoir Museum Heist Recoveries Arrests
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AFP Cagnes-sur-Mer France French Nice

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Cagnes-sur-Mer GPE · 2× French NORP · 2× Nice GPE · 2× AFP ORG · 1× Bryan Masson PERSON · 1× France GPE · 1× Masson PERSON · 1× Renoir PERSON · 1×

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The suspects cut through a fence to enter the museum's tree-lined grounds, smashed a window to get inside, and used an electric saw to cut through the frame mountings, Masson said at the time of the robbery in early September. A source close to the probe told AFP earlier this week that police had arrested five people as part of the investigation.
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🔮 Two paintings by French master have been recovered a month after they were , the town's mayor said Friday.
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Two paintings by French master have been recovered a month after they were , the town's mayor said Friday. asserted
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In September, thieves broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and managed to escape with two works by the French impressionist painter, abandoning two others as they fled. asserted
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They are part of our city's history," said Bryan Masson, the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer. asserted
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"Knowing they have been recovered is an immense relief. asserted
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The suspects cut through a fence to enter the museum's tree-lined grounds, smashed a window to get inside, and used an electric saw to cut through the frame mountings, Masson said at the time of the robbery in early September. A source close to the probe told AFP earlier this week that police had arrested five people as part of the investigation. asserted
police → cut → investigation
The Renoir Museum lies a half-hour drive from the southern city of Nice, in Renoir's last home before he died aged 78 in 1919. asserted
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The heist was the latest in a including the daylight theft last year of crown jewelry valued at around $100 million . asserted
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