21Aug/102
Van Gogh “Poppy Flowers” Painting RECOVERED
A painting believed to be by Vincent Van Gogh known as "Poppy Flowers" or "Vase and Flowers" was recently stolen from a museum in Egypt but was fortunately recovered today.
The Van Gogh painting called Poppy Flowers was believed to have been painted by Van Gogh in 1887. Many years ago at the same museum in Egypt, Mahmoud Khalil museum, the same painting was stolen in 1978 and recovered 10 years later in Kuwait and now history seems to have repeated itself.
Police arrested an Italian man and woman who where trying to leave the country with the painting at Cairo airport. The Poppy Flowers painting is worth an estimated $50 million.
August 22nd, 2010 - 18:45
so where did you get this info, it’s 23 aug and news in egypt still says that the painting missing ?!!!!
waiting for respond
August 23rd, 2010 - 11:25
Thank you for your inquiry, we follow reliable news sources and in this case you can also view more on this recent news about the recovery of the Van Gogh painting at CNN.