{"id":571865,"date":"2026-07-06T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/571865\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:53:14","slug":"e12-million-portrait-of-picassos-golden-muse-recovered-from-thieves-after-paris-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/571865\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac12 Million Portrait of Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Recovered from Thieves After Paris Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Guests at the Museo Picasso in Malaga \u2013 credit, Holger Uwe Schmitt via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.<\/p>\n

A police raid on suspected drug dealers turned up a stolen painting by Pablo Picasso worth tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because it is reported to depict Picasso\u2019s \u201cgolden muse\u201d Marie-Therese Walter, a French model and lover of the famous painter whom he credited with one of the most productive periods in his career.<\/p>\n

The raid was carried out in Champigny-sur-Marne, near Paris, at a house belonging to the aunt of the chief suspect. There, police found bundles of cash, cannabis, some $230,000 worth of luxury fashion items, and the painting.<\/p>\n

Sonja Anderson at Smithsonian Magazine shares <\/a>that the series of painting depicting Walter as the model includes some of the highest earning paintings of Picasso\u2019s ever to move at auction; Femme \u00e0 la montre<\/a> selling for $139 million, for example.<\/p>\n

The four suspects arrested in connection with the bust appeared in court where they confessed to several thefts of material from a storage warehouse in Paris where one of them worked as a security guard.<\/p>\n

Art Newspaper, reporting<\/a> on the subject via a source with the police, said that the theft appeared to be \u201copportunistic,\u201d as the security guard likely found the Picasso, took it, \u201cand, as it often happens in such cases\u2026 had no idea what to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

STOLEN ARTWORKS RETURNED: <\/strong><\/p>\n

The painting was in the storage warehouse after having been authenticated by Claude Picasso, Pablo\u2019s son and executor of his estate, before it was sold at auction to a buyer in Singapore.<\/p>\n

Picasso first met Walter as she was emerging from a Parisian subway station in 1927. She claims that he approached her and said: \u201cYou have an interesting face, I\u2019d like to paint a portrait of you. I am Picasso.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite nearly 30 years of age separating them, the modeling role quickly turned into a romantic relationship that lasted 8 years, during which time Walter gave birth to a daughter, Maya.<\/p>\n

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