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Isère: Theft of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte's jewels from the Hébert museum

2023-01-22T20:01:39.598Z


“The thieves used a ladder and broke the shutter of the room where the jewelry was,” according to the Grenoble prosecutor. The amount of the damage is currently unknown.


Jewels of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904) were stolen overnight from Saturday to Sunday at the Hébert museum in La Tronche, near Grenoble, we learned from concordant sources.

The facts were discovered in the early morning, shortly after 5 am, when the building alarm went off.

Museum staff arrived on site and put two individuals to flight

,” a source familiar with the matter told AFP.

"

The thieves used a ladder and broke the shutter of the room where the jewels were

", which are the "

property of the Fondation de France and lent by the Musée d'Orsay

", for his part specified the prosecutor of the Republic of Grenoble, Éric Vaillant, in a press release.

The amount of the damage was not indicated.

The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police, added the magistrate.

We are at the disposal of justice and investigators and we regret this attack on cultural heritage

,” reacted a spokesperson for the Hébert museum, questioned by AFP.

According to the latter, who did not wish to give more details, the stolen jewels were part of a permanent exhibition at the Isère museum.

Opened in 1979, the Hébert museum is located in the summer house of the painter Ernest Hébert (1817-1908) in a park of more than two hectares.

Exhibiting the artist's work, its collections are also enriched with deposits from national museums, in particular the Louvre, the museums of Marseille and Grenoble, according to the museum's website.

Source: lefigaro

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