Written by Megan C. Hills, CNNTwo men attempted to steal a prized Claude Monet painting from a museum in the Netherlands, though the robbery was foiled and the suspects fled empty-handed, according to Dutch police. Gunshots were fired during the botched raid at the Zaans Museum in Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam, though nobody was injured in the incident, a police statement confirmed. The oil painting in question, Monet's "The Voorzaan and the Westerhem," is currently being inspected for damage, the museum said over email. "The Voorzaan and the Westerhem" pictured in 2015, after the Zaans Museum purchased it for almost $1.4 million. It reopened to visitors on Tuesday, though the painting has been removed from the " Monet in Zanndam " exhibition.

Source: CNN August 18, 2021 06:11 UTC