Stolen Cezanne, Matisse and Renoir paintings recovered in Italy

Italian police have recovered three paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse stolen from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation near Parma in March, with the Carabinieri previously estimating their combined value at €9 million. The Carabinieri said four men entered the rural villa museum on 22 March and removed Renoir’s Les Poissons (1917), Cezanne’s Still Life with Cherries (c. 1890), and Matisse’s Odalisque on the Terrace (1922) in under three minutes, after an alarm was triggered. Prosecutors ordered searches that led to the recovery, according to a statement cited by The Guardian, though authorities did not release further details and the investigation continues. Founded by collector Luigi Magnani in 1977 and opened to the public in 1990, the foundation is known for a major private collection that also includes works by artists such as Dürer, Titian, Rubens, van Dyck, and Goya.

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