Dutch police arrest suspect in thefts of Van Gogh, Frans Hals paintings

Police spokeswoman Maren Wonder announced on video Tuesday that the man was arrested in Baarn, a municipality about 25 miles southeast of Amsterdam, secondo Reuters.

No details were released about the unnamed suspect.

The paintings — Van Gogh’s “Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” and Hals’ “Two Laughing Boys” — have not been recovered and appealed to the public for help in locating them, Wonder said.

The Van Gogh is valued at up to $ 6.6 million and the Hals painting, which dates from 1626, has been valued at $ 18 million by one expert, the news agency reported.

“Per mesi, intensive investigations into the robbery of both paintings were conducted under the leadership of the public prosecution service,” the Dutch police statement said.

This image provided by the Groninger Museum on Monday March 30, 2020, shows Dutch master Vincent van Gogh’s painting titled “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” which was stolen from the Singer Museum in Laren, Olanda. (Groninger Museum via AP )

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