Rembrandt Recovered

A Rembrandt has been recovered nearly five years after it was stolen from the National Museum in Stockholm. Police arrested four people - including two Iraqi nationals, a Swede and a Gambian - 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 making off with the masterpiece as well as two paintings by Renoir. The painting is worth an estimated $42 million. The Renoir stolen at the same time was recovered earlier when an undercover police officer posed as an art expert who wanted to buy back the paintings for the museum. Thirteen people were charged in that part of the theft, and most were later sentenced to prison. The second Renoir painting has yet to be recovered. For the full story - click the title Irish Art