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Stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth in Ikea bag

2023-09-12 19:19
Arthur Brand met an unnamed man under a tree during a mysterious, years-long quest to find the work.
Stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth in Ikea bag

A Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum in March 2020 is back in safe hands after a three-and-a-half-year quest to recover it.

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said he had been handed the 139-year-old painting in a pillow and an Ikea bag by a man who came to his front door.

"I did...