Stolen Picasso unearthed by 'Indiana Jones of art'

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand dubbed the"Indiana Jones of the Art World" has struck again, finding a Picasso painting worth 25 million euros that was stolen from a Saudi sheikh's yacht on the French Riviera in 1999.A Dutch art detective dubbed the"Indiana Jones of the Art World" has struck again, finding a Picasso painting worth 25 million euros stolen from a Saudi sheikh's yacht on the French Riviera in 1999.

The discovery of the rare portrait of Maar, one of Pablo Picasso's most influential mistresses, is the culmination of a four-year investigation into the burglary on the luxury yacht Coral Island, as she lay anchored in Antibes. But after a four-year trail which led through the Dutch criminal underworld, two intermediaries turned up on Brand's Amsterdam doorstep 10 days ago with the missing picture.

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