Picasso, Matisse, Monet Paintings Stolen From Dutch Museum

Masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Claude Monet were among the works worth millions of pounds stolen from a Dutch museum. Thieves managed to raid the high-security Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam.

Dutch police confirmed seven paintings were stolen.

The theft is one of the art world's most dramatic in recent years, and one of the biggest ever in the Netherlands.

The paintings stolen include two Claude Monet's: "Charing Cross Bridge" and "Waterloo Bridge," part of his famous London series.

Also taken were Pablo Picasso's "Tete d'Arlequin," Henri Matisse's "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" and Lucien Freud's "Woman with Eyes Closed," Paul Gaugin's "Femme Devant une Fenetre Ouvertem dite La Fiancee" and Meyer de Hann's "Autoportrait."