China News Agency, Beijing, March 31st, Amsterdam: The Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, announced on the 30th local time that the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh's 1884 painting "Neuinen Spring in Nuren "The Pastor's Garden" was stolen in the early morning of the 30th, the day of Van Gogh's 167th birthday.
According to the Dutch news website "NLTimes", the thief broke in at 3:15 am local time on the 30th local time. When the police heard the alarm rushed to the scene, the thief had fled. Affected by the new crown pneumonia outbreak in the Netherlands, the Singh Museum has been closed previously. No other paintings were stolen. According to the Associated Press, a large white panel can be seen outside the museum covering the damaged museum door.
Singer Museum curator Jan Rudolf Delorm was shocked and angry at the painting theft at a press conference. "This beautiful painting has left us all," he said. "We are very shocked and incredible." Police are investigating the theft.
It is reported that the work was borrowed from the Groninger Museum in the northern city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The work was created in 1884 and depicts the rural landscape of the Dutch town of Newnan. The Associated Press said the exact value of the work is unclear, but Van Gogh's paintings had previously sold for millions of dollars at auction.
In 2002, Van Gogh ’s two masterpieces “Seascape of Scheveningen” and “Leaving the Church of Nieuenen” were stolen at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. These two paintings. In September 2016, the Italian police found these two works in a residence in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, and after repairs by the staff, the paintings were displayed again in the museum. (Finish)