10. Lucian Freud – ‘Woman with Eyes Closed’
One of the paintings stolen from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum on October 16, 2012. Six Romanians have now been jailed for stealing seven works of art by Lucian Freud, Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin and Monet, from a Dutch museum. It is thought that the stolen paintings were burned by one of the defendant’s mothers in a bid to destroy evidence. The works of art have not been recovered and forensic experts from the Bucharest Museum who examined ash from the stove of Olga Dogaru, the mother of the chief suspect, Radu Dogaru have found oil paint residue and copper tacks consistent with paintings of the period. Authorities stated that she initially admitted to burning the paintings to protect her son, she later denied the action.