The three pieces were taken from a private museum earlier this year, in a nighttime heist that took less than three minutes.

Italian authorities have recovered three stolen artworks by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse worth millions of euros.

Italian art cops on Friday recovered three major paintings, a Cezanne, a Matisse and a Renoir, stolen from an art foundation near Parma in March. (ANSA)

I carabinieri hanno recuperato i dipinti di Cézanne, Renoir e Matisse rubati a Parma: valgono oltre 9 milioni di euro.

Nei video di sorveglianza i ladri in azione

Artwork by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse all recovered

Agentes localizam as telas em apartamento em Parma

The three paintings, worth over US$10 million, had been stolen from a museum in Italy in under three minutes.