Painting by Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi stolen from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery
A painting by famous Russian landscape painter Arkhip Kuinzhi has been stolen from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. Russia’s ministry of culture has confirmed the loss of painting, the ministry’s press service told TASS on Sunday, citing director of the ministry’s museums department Vladislav Kononov.
"The fact of the absence of the Ai Petri painting and the presence of a big number of policemen is confirmed," he said.
“We are checking information about the loss of one of Kuindzhi’s paintings from the Russian Museum’s collection that was displayed at the State Tretyakov Gallery," he said.