Reward offered for recovery of stolen paintings

Wednesday, 21 June 2023 06:20

'Soldiers in their encampment’ by Robert van den Hoecke (c) Zürich Kunsthaus

The Zurich art museum is offering a reward after two valuable paintings were stolen at the end of last year.

The two pictures are 17th century small format paintings by Dutch artists – ‘soldiers in their encampment’ by Robert van den Hoecke and ‘Narcessi and other flowers in a glass vase on a marble plaque’ by Dirck de Bray.

They went missing between September and December last year.

The museum is offering a CHF 10,000 reward for any information that leads to their recovery.

'Narcessi and other flowers in a glass vase on a marble plaque’ by Dirck de Bray. (c) Zürich Kunsthaus

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