Million-Dollar Painting Recovered

Federal authorities believe the thieves who stole a million-dollar masterpiece got rid of it because the painting was too hot to handle.  The 18th century painting, "Children with a Cart," by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, "was recovered in good condition and appears to be unharmed," according to a FBI press release today.  Federal investigators believe the thieves stumbled onto the painting during a routine truck robbery somewhere in the Scranton, Pa., area last week.  THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS Million-Dollar Goya Painting Stolen While ‘Unattended’ New Clues in Art Heist Mystery at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Click Here to Check Out More of the Brian Ross Homepage "At this time, it appears that the painting was stolen as a random target of opportunity," FBI spokesperson Jerri Williams told ABC News. The painting was en route to New York’s Guggenheim Museum for an upcoming Spanish art exhibit that opened last Friday. Read the FBI’s Press Release on the Goya Painting Recovery in the Dossier Section of Our Homepage.
The FBI credits the "extensive publicity" of the theft and the "reward of up to $50,000" for the artwork’s recovery. No arrests have yet been made in the case, and Williams says at this juncture of the investigation, there is no indication that anyone from the transport company or the museums was involved.