Two Van Gogh paintings stolen from a museum in Amsterdam 14 years ago have been found. The Italian police discovered the paintings wrapped in cloth in a drug dealer’s basement. The seascape, painted before 1883, shows his early style. The other, a painting of a church, was a gift for Van Gogh’s mother that was reworked in 1885 after his father died. Van Gogh added mourning shawls on the churchgoers. The paintings will remain in Italy as evidence in the criminal case and then be returned to Amsterdam.
Read the book ‘The Goldfinch’ to understand this scenario better.
i am so happy that these treasures have been recovered. enough beauty and grace has gone down to dust as of late in our world, so every little piece regained is wonderful.