Thieves Stole Warhol Print of Queen Elizabeth

In the Netherlands, thieves broke into an art gallery using heavy explosives and stole two works by the famous American artist. Andy Warhol. They left two other men damaged in the street as they fled.

The robbery took place at the MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, which houses the four prints. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom elizabethQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Elizabeth II of Denmark Margretheand Queen Ntombi Tfwala of Eswatini. While thieves stole portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Margrethe, prints of Queen Beatrix and Queen Ntombi Tfwala were also damaged and left on the street.

“The bombing was so strong that my entire building collapsed,” said Mark Peet Visser, owner of MVP Gallery. Associated PressHe described the thieves as “amateurish”. (Destruction can be seen Here.) He continued, “Then they ran to the car with the artworks and it turns out they don’t fit in the car… At that moment the artworks are ripped out of the frames and you know they are damaged beyond repair because it is impossible to remove them without being damaged.” access point he considered it a “clumsy robbery”.

Visser had planned to propose Set of four prints for sale at the end of this month. According to art historian Willem Baars, it will be difficult for thieves to sell stolen works. Since each print is numbered, it will be immediately obvious that they are prints stolen from the MPV Gallery. Also Baars adds“If there is even a tear in the paper, they are destroyed and worthless. They are extremely vulnerable.”

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