Rembrandt painting recovered
16/09/2005 - 15:18:21Danish police today announced the recovery of a painting by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn that was stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2000.
Four people – two Iraqi nationals, a Swede and a Gambian – were arrested yesterday in a raid on a downtown Copenhagen hotel.
The Rembrandt, a self-portrait from 1630, was stolen by three armed and masked robbers who entered Stockholm’s National Museum in late December 2000, making off with the masterpiece and two paintings by Auguste Renoir.
