Don’t you just love a good museum heist.
A Picasso and a Gauguin Are Among 7 Works Stolen From a Dutch Museum
Ms. Ansenk told reporters that the burglary “has hit the art world like a bomb” and described it “as a nightmare for any museum director.” Kunsthal officials declined to estimate the value of the stolen works, though experts say they are collectively worth many millions of dollars, possibly hundreds of millions. Still, it would be difficult for thieves to sell such easily identifiable artworks, contributing to suspicions about underworld finances.
“I think it’s a form of repayment in kind, a barter — ‘I don’t have cash, but I have these paintings,’ ” said Mr. Hill, the art investigator.
