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Wednesday, 01 June 2016 11:50

Collector Returns Stolen Old Master Painting to the Westfries Museum

The Westfries Museum. The Westfries Museum. Wikimedia Commons

A Ukrainian art collector has returned a stolen Old Master painting to the Netherlands’ Westfries Museum. The work, Isaak Ouwater's Nieuwstraat in Hoorn, is one of twenty-four paintings stolen from the institution in 2005. The canvas is the fifth piece taken during the robbery to be successfully recovered. The identity of the collector has not been revealed.

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