Rembrandt stolen in 1999 recovered in Nice.

Un Rembrandt volé à Draguignan il y a 15 ans, retrouvé à Nice

le Mercredi 19 Mars 2014

Le Rembrandt volé à Draguignan en 1999 retrouvé à Nice © Maxppp

La petite toile de du 18e siècle représente un jeune garçon aux cheveux longs, tenant une bulle dans une main et dans l’autre une paille. Il y a 15 ans, la toile appartenant à l’Etat, avait été estimée à 20 millions de francs, soit 3 millions d’euros.

The small canvas work of art from the 18th century shows a young boy with long hair, holding a ball in one hand and straw in the other. 15 years ago, belonging to the state, was estimated at 20 million Francs, or 3 million Euros!

Il y a 15 ans, un tableau de Rembrandt avait été facilement volé dans un musée varois de Draguignan. Il n’est pas parti au bout du monde. La police vient de retrouver L’Enfant à la bulle de savon à Nice, dans le département voisin. Deux hommes sont en garde à vue. Le périple de la toile reste mystérieux.

15 years ago the Rembrandt painting was easily stolen from a Var gallery in Draguignan. It did not move far. Police came to discover L’Enfant à la bulle de savon in an appartment in Nice. Two men were arrested. The journey of the canvass remains a mystery. 

Le tableau retrouvé, L’enfant à la bulle de savon, même s’il ressemble fortement à la toile volée dans le Var, devra être authentifié par un expert. Le 14 juillet 1999, en pleine saison touristique, la fête nationale bat son plein à Draguignan.

The found painting, although strongly resembling the stolen canvass of the Var, needs to authenticated by an expert. The painting was stolen on 14 July 1999 during high tourist season while the parade was on-going.
 

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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