Nude (Renoir, Belgrade, 1910)

Nude
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year 1910
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 129.5 cm × 172.7 cm (51 in × 68 in)
Location National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade

Nude (1910, French: Nu, Serbian: Купачица) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is oil on canvas, and it was painted in 1910. Estimated worth is about 10 million Euros. The painting is currently housed in the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.[1] The painting was gifted to Serbian people by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.

History

The painting was stolen in 1996 by an amateur Roma thief.[2] During the theft, it was badly damaged and was recovered in afwul condition, requiring a year of restoration. After the Renoir was stolen, the entire foreign art collection was moved to the museum warehouse to protect the collection until a better security system could be installed.[3]

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