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Dutch Door to Art Thefts

May 14, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Stolen GoodsThe Associated Press reports on another theft from a Dutch art museum. This one seems unconnected in method and target from the other theft. Though both highlight the problems of security in small museums:

Thieves pried open the emergency door of a small Dutch museum with an iron bar and made off with six 17th- and 19th-century landscape paintings — the second major art heist in 10 days in the Netherlands.

The break-in at 3 a.m. Monday set off an alarm that summoned police within minutes but the burglars already had fled, leaving behind two paintings that they dropped in their haste and damaged, Mark de Kok, a spokesman for the city of IJsselstein, said Tuesday.

The paintings included three by Jan van Goyen, a prolific contemporary of Rembrandt who died in 1656. The others were a 17th century painting by Pieter de Neyn and 19th-century pieces by Willem Roelofs and Adrianus van Everdingen. The damaged works were by Salomon van Ruysdael and Salomon Rombouts.

Six Paintings Stolen from Art Museum (AP/MSNBC)

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