ROME (EFE) .- A total of seventeen paintings, including some of Tintoretto and Rubens, were stolen from the museum of Castelvecchio in Verona, reported yesterday in a statement.
The event took place late yesterday afternoon when the museum was still open, “just when the exchange between workers and responsible for surveillance.”
In this period anti-theft systems the institution and motion sensors had not yet been activated.
So the thieves, after immobilizing the guard guarding the building were able to keep seventeen artworks, including five of Tintoretto and ” Licnidi delle Dame “of Rubens.
The other stolen paintings are works by masters such as Pisanello, Jacopo Bellini, Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Francesco Caroto, Domenico Tintoretto, Hans de Jode and Giovanni Benini.
Professional
The mayor of Verona, Flavio Tosi, said the thieves were professional and “know what to steal and knew the museum.”
“Surely someone ordered them because they have He moved with skill, playing it safe, “adding told local media that the stolen works” are practically the most exposed precious “.
He also stressed that security at the museum had increased since 2005, when a video surveillance system was implemented.
The Killing Details
stole seventeen paintings Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, the most valuable exhibited in this room.
Videotaping
The museum has 48 cameras distributed inside and many others located nearby. Images taken during the robbery and were made available to the police for help clarify responsibility for the theft. Source: EFE
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