French Riviera heist: Renoir paintings stolen from French museum
Police were on Tuesday hunting for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum in southern France, after abandoning two others in its garden as they fled, a mayor said. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies in France including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the Louvre in Paris.
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- First observed by CurrentWire: CBS News · Sep 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM ET
- Coverage span: 14h 3m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
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2 paintings by Renoir stolen from museum in France, officials say(opens original report in a new tab)Authorities are seeking thieves who broke into the Renoir Museum in the French Riviera and stole two paintings by the impressionist master, local authorities say. — CBS News
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- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
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