'Indiana Jones of the Art World' helps Dutch police recover stolen van Gogh painting

director Andreas Blühm also did not elaborate on the recovery, though he said Brand played a key role in the case.

"The Groninger Museum is extremely happy and relieved that the work is back," Blühm said."It is currently in good company in the Van Gogh Museum." The artwork will be scientifically examined in the coming months. The Groninger Museum said it hopes to have the painting back on display soon, but it"could take weeks, if not months.""The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" was painted in 1884. It's an oil on paper painting depicting a person surrounded by trees, with a church tower in the background. The painting is the only van Gogh work in the Groninger Museum's collection.

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand poses for a photograph during an interview with AFP in north London on January 20, 2019.CBS News has reached out to police in the Netherlands for additional details on the painting's recovery.include returning a stolen Roman statue last year. The sculpture had been taken from Musee du Pays Chatillonnais in December of 1973.

"On one hand you have the police, insurance companies, collectors, and on the other hand you have the criminals, the art thieves and the forgers. So there are two different kind of worlds, and they do not communicate. So I put myself in the middle," Brand said.

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