Editing Van Gogh Museum (section)

===Art thefts===
In 1991, twenty paintings were stolen from the museum, among them Van Gogh's early painting ''[[The Potato Eaters]]''. Although the thieves escaped from the building, 35 minutes later all stolen paintings were recovered from an abandoned car. Three paintings – ''[[Wheatfield with Crows]]'', ''[[Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands)#Personal items|Still Life with Bible]]'', and ''[[Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)#Assorted fruit|Still Life with Fruit]]'' – were severely torn during the theft.<ref>Paul L. Montgomery, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/arts/lost-and-found-huge-van-gogh-theft-fails.html Lost and Found: Huge van Gogh Theft Fails]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 1991. Retrieved 31 January 2012.</ref> Four men, including two museum guards, were convicted for the theft and given six or seven-year sentences.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/2759683/1992/04/17/Rovers-Van-Gogh-in-hoger-beroep-forser-gestraft.dhtml Rovers Van Gogh in hoger beroep forser gestraft]", ''[[Trouw]]'', 1992. Retrieved 24 February 2012.</ref> It is considered to be the largest [[art theft]] in the Netherlands since the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[https://archive.today/20120708214945/http://archief.nrc.nl/index.php/1991/Juli/18/Binnenland/3/Diefstal+Van+Goghs+grootste+kunstroof+in+Nederland/check=Y Diefstal Van Goghs grootste kunstroof in Nederland]" (subscribers only), ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 1991. Retrieved 24 February 2012.</ref>

In 2002, two paintings were stolen from the museum, ''[[Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen]]'' and ''[[View of the Sea at Scheveningen]]''.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/world/two-van-gogh-works-are-stolen-in-amsterdam.html Two van Gogh Works Are Stolen in Amsterdam]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> Two Dutchmen were convicted for the theft to four-and-a-half-year sentences, but the paintings were not immediately recovered.<ref>Lawrence Van Gelder, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/theater/arts-briefing.html Jail for Van Gogh Thieves]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/article/detail/669092/2005/04/09/Ook-bij-hof-veroordeling-van-rovers.dhtml Ook bij hof veroordeling van rovers]", ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> The museum offered a reward of €100,000 for information leading to the recovery of the paintings.<ref>[http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=7995&lang=en Van Gogh Museum offers reward for information about theft of paintings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110210124/http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=7995&lang=en |date=10 January 2014 }} (press release), Van Gogh Museum, 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Art Crime Team listed the robbery on their ''Top Ten Art Crimes'' list, and estimates the combined value of the paintings at US$30{{nbsp}}million.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/vangogh Van Gogh Museum Robbery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414134200/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/vangogh |date=14 April 2016 }}, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Retrieved 23 February 2012.</ref> In September 2016, both paintings were discovered by the [[Guardia di Finanza]] in [[Castellammare di Stabia]], [[Italy]] in a villa belonging to the [[Camorra]] drug trafficker [[Raffaele Imperiale]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Guy|title=Two Stolen Van Goghs Worth $112 Million Found in a Police Raid on a Mafia Don's Villa in Italy|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/guymartin/2016/10/01/two-stolen-van-goghs-worth-112-million-found-in-a-police-raid-on-a-mafia-dons-villa-in-italy/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The two artworks were found in a "relatively good state", according to the Van Gogh Museum.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[BBC News]]|date=30 September 2016|access-date=30 September 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37516164|title=Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy}}</ref>