The bust, from around 1863, is one of several of an elderly Parisian workman by Rodin.
Museum officials have not put a value on the culture but London art houses say it could be worth as much as £200,000.
Pictures of
the two men believed to have disguised themselves as tourists to steal a
Robin bust worth nearly £200,000 from a Copenhagen museum have been
released.
Police
have launched an international manhunt after two suspects walked into
the Glyptotek museum in Denmark's capital and took the French sculptor's
'Man with the Broken Nose'.
The
art theft, which happened in the middle of the day, has been described
as one of the biggest of its kind in Denmark for years.
Surveillance video shows two men with
'eastern European features' who are believed to have removed the
25.5-centimeter (10.4-inch) verdigris green patina bronze on July 16,2015
Danish police Thursday Aug 20,2015 announced that they are on the hunt for two suspects who robbed a Copenhagen museum in broad daylight and made off with a bronze bust by sculptor Auguste Rodin reportedly worth as much as €270,000 ($300,000)
Danish police Thursday Aug 20,2015 announced that they are on the hunt for two suspects who robbed a Copenhagen museum in broad daylight and made off with a bronze bust by sculptor Auguste Rodin reportedly worth as much as €270,000 ($300,000)
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