Thieves Handover Six Stolen Old Masters
October 17 2023
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Several news outlets have been reporting on the incredible story that the art investigator Arthur Brand recently recovered six stolen paintings from the town hall of Medemblik in the Netherlands. The works, which were stolen as recently as last month, were apparently returned due to the fact they were hard to sell.
According to the article linked above:
Brand said he had been sitting at home on Friday night watching football when the doorbell rang and a man in a van asked him for help to unload some merchandise. “I asked him, ‘What are we going to unload?’. He said with a smile, ‘Well, the paintings of Medemblik’,.”
After the initial burglary in September, Brand had been widely quoted in the Dutch press as saying the thieves should have stolen six bikes, as these would be easier to resell.
