'Peasant Paintings' Back

Five 17th Century "peasant paintings" stolen from the Frans Hals Museum in 2002 are due to go back on display today, having been found by the Noord-Brabant police in a house in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Three arrests have been made. Two of the stolen paintings are by Adriaen van Ostade, one by Jan Steen, one by Cornelis Bega and one by Cornelis Dusart. They all depict Dutch "peasant" life in the 1600s. Click the title link for the Frans Hal Museum.