“A great loss for national heritage”: a valuable work of art worth several million euros was looted on Thursday during an apparently well-planned armed robbery at a religious art museum in Bourgogne, central-eastern France. The perpetrators escaped and are being sought. The work “Via Vitae”, or “Way of Life” was created by the Parisian goldsmith Joseph Clomet in the early 20th century. In 2005 it was bought by a community to join the collections of the Hieron museum and become the focus of its exhibition. It is three meters tall. On its pedestal, on a mountain made of alabaster and gray-blue Pyrenees marble, 138 golden-ivory statuettes tell nine scenes from the life of Jesus. The work also includes precious stones such as diamonds and rubies. The value of the “Road of Life” is estimated at 5-7 million euros. According to the mayor of the city, Jean-Marc Nesme, the attackers went on motorbikes on Thursday afternoon to the museum. Wearing […]
Source: News Beast
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