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Two Renoir paintings stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8 have been recovered, along with six arrests made by authorities. The stolen artworks, "Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well," are valued at millions of dollars and belong to Paris' Orsay Museum. Thieves broke into the museum through a hole cut in the garden fence and entered via a window before dropping two other paintings during their escape when police arrived. Mayor Bryan Masson expressed relief over the recovery, which happened exactly one month after the theft.

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Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on September 8, have been recovered. The theft occurred when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window, using an electric saw to remove the paintings' frame mountings before fleeing with four artworks but abandoning two in the garden. Six suspects have since been arrested; local media initially reported five arrests. Mayor Bryan Masson praised authorities for recovering the stolen pieces, describing them as integral to Cagnes-sur-Mer's cultural heritage. The recovered paintings are "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" (1910) and "Jeune fille au puits" (1886).

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Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday.

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🔮 Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday.

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Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday. asserted

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Thieves had broken into the grounds of the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer early in the morning of September 8 through a hole cut in a garden fence and entered through a window. asserted

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The two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an Impressionist whose works have fetched tens of millions of dollars at auction, were "Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well". asserted

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Both belong to Paris' Orsay Museum and were on loan. asserted

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"This news is a source of immense joy and a great relief for the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer and its residents," mayor Bryan Masson said in a statement. asserted

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The Marseille public prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to questions about how the paintings had been recovered, but the mayor scheduled a press conference for 5 p.m. (1500 GMT). asserted

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The thieves had also snatched two other paintings, "Madame Pichon" and "Coco Reading", a portrayal of Claude, Renoir's young son. asserted

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But they dropped them in the gardens as police, alerted by alarms, arrived and gave chase. asserted

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Renoir paintings stolen from Riviera museum recovered, six people arrested

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