⚡️ Urgent
This morning, works of art were stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Azur.
According to AFP and France Télévisions, at around 5:48 AM, two thieves broke into the museum and cut four paintings from their frames. Police arrived five minutes later, but the thieves had already fled, abandoning one of the paintings as they fled. Three works remain in the thieves' possession.
The abandoned work is "Portrait of Madame Stéphane Pichon" by Auguste Renoir, France Télévisions confirmed.
The city's mayor estimated the damage at approximately €9 million.
The names of the remaining stolen paintings have not been officially released. According to the French newspaper Nice-Matin, they may include "Girl at the Well" (1886), "Coco Reading" (1905), and "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" (1910). This information has not yet been confirmed by other sources.
We are following the developments.