Jan
15
Found : Stolen painting of Zorn
Filed Under (Brott & Straff, english, Historia) by Targenor on 15-01-2011
Tagged Under : auction, floris, freya, intresst, private collector, sotheby s, spokesman, swedish police, whitdrawn, Zorn
The painting ”Freya” where on sale at Sotheby´s in London, but the painting is reported stolen and the police stopped the auction. The painting where stolen during a burglary in Stockholm during 2004, and six years later it turns up on a auction.
The Swedish police was told of the auction and contacted the police in London.
Matthew Floris, spokesman for Sotheby´s says
I can confirm that the painting was whitdrawn from auction due to its unclear who is the owner of the painting
The painting was acording to Sotheby´s from a private collector in Switzerland, which now are of intresst for the Swedish police.
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