|
Saturday, 22 December 2007 03:05 |
|
NEWARK, N.J. - Steven Lee Olson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of a Goya painting from an unattended truck. His neighbor Roman Szurko also pleaded guilty to the same charge on Tuesday. Steven Lee Olson of Carlstadt faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 under the reduced charge. Back in October Olson was charged with stealing Francisco de Goya’s "Children with a Cart," from 1778.
Goya’s painting was on its way to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City for an exhibition from the Toledo Museum of Art back in November 2006 On November 20, 2006, FBI Newark and FBI Philadelphia announced the recovery of the 1778 painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes entitled Children with a Cart. On November 8, 2006, Children with a Cart, a painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, was discovered missing while being transported from the Toledo Museum of Art, in Toledo, Ohio, to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. It was to be included in the exhibition Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History which opened at the Guggenheim on November 17, 2006.
Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~
|