The Cologne police are looking for the owner of two oil paintings found by a 64-year-old man in a garbage container.
The Cologne police are looking for the owner of two oil paintings that a 64-year-old man found in a garbage container on Tuesday (May 18) around 4 p.m. during a break at the motorway service area "Ohrbach Ost" on the BAB 7 and handed them over to the police in Cologne has.
After an initial assessment by an expert, both works are likely to be original works.
Painting 1
Portrait of a boy (date of creation unknown) by the Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)
Painting 2
Self-portrait laughing from 1665 by the Italian artist Pietro Bellotti (1627-1700)