Nude (Renoir, Belgrade, 1910)

Nude
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year 1910
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 129.5 cm × 172.7 cm (51 in × 68 in)
Location National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade

Nude (1910, French: Nu, Serbian: Купачица / Kupačica) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is oil on canvas, and was painted in 1910. In 1996 the estimated worth was about 6 million US Dollars. The painting is currently housed in the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.[1] The painting was given to the Serbian people by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.

History

The painting was stolen in 1996 by an amateur Roma thief.[2] During the theft, it was badly damaged and was recovered in poor condition, requiring a year of restoration. After the Renoir was stolen, the entire foreign art collection was moved to the museum warehouse to protect the collection until a better security system could be installed.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Olga's Gallery". Abcgallery.com. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. ↑ Zagonetka Renoarove slike (Serbian)
  3. ↑ Zatvorena izložba "Impresivno" u Narodnom muzeju u Beogradu (Serbian)
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