Paintings by Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall stolen 14 years ago from a Jewish family were recovered by police during a search of a cellar in Antwerp.
The works are Picasso’s portrait Tête (1971) and Chagall’s L’homme en prière (1970). Both were found in their original frames and in good condition. They were stolen were from the home of an art collector in Tel Aviv in 2010. At the time of the theft the works were collectively valued at nearly $1 million, local authorities said in a statement.
Some $680,000 worth of jewelry was also stolen from the collector in the same heist. However, the trove of jewelry remains missing.
The local prosecutor said the main suspect has been arrested. Read more here.
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