THE NETHERLANDS
Masked gunmen steal paintings at museum
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP)—Masked gunmen stole two paintings Friday from a Dutch museum, including a work by surrealist Salvador Dali, officials said.
Police said several robbers threatened a guard at the Scheringa Museum for Realism in Spanbroek with a gun before making off with two paintings. Nobody was injured.
The robbers took “Adolescence,” a 1941 gouache by Dali and “La Musicienne,” an oil painting from 1929 by Polishborn art deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, the museum said in a statement.
The paintings’ value was not released, but the museum says they are among the top works in its collection.
The Dali painting was 18 by 12 inches, and the De Lempicka’s was 46 by 29 inches.
“We deeply regret the theft and hope the works are traced soon,” according to a statement from the museum, which is 30 miles north of Amsterdam.
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