Three thieves, clad in all black and ski masks strolled into the Emile Bührle Foundation, a private collection just outside of Zurich's city center.
Armed with a gun, one robber ordered staff and visitors to get on the groud. The other two removed four paitings from the walls; Monet’s “Poppy Field at Vetheuil,”
"Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter" by Edgar Degas,
Van Gogh’s “Blooming Chestnut Branches,”
and Cézanne’s “Boy in the Red Waistcoat.”
Their total worth is estimated at $163 million.
The men were seen fleeing in a white car with the trunk open, the paintings there to be seen.
Authorities don't think the theives set out to take these specific paintings. The four that were stolen were all on the same wall. They were also not the most expensive paintings in the gallery.
Last week, two Picasso oils valued at $4.5 million were stolen from a Swiss museum in Pfaeffikon, Agence France-Presse reported.
Authorities do not think these incidents are related.
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