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Intruders seriously damage work by Monet in Paris Museum

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Intruders entered the Orsay Museum early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet, "Le Pont d'Argenteuil," the French Culture Minister said.

A surveillance camera caught a group entering the museum, located on the Left Bank of the French capital along the Seine River and housing a major collection of Impressionist artists like Monet.

An alarm sounded and the group left, but not before damaging the painting, an aide to Culture Minister Christine Albanel said by telephone.

"This splendid Monet painting (was) punched right in the middle," the minister said with emotion. According to the aide, a 10-centimetre tear was made in the Monet, perhaps with a fist.

"Le Pont d'Argenteuil" shows a view of the Seine at a rural bend, featuring a bridge and boats.


[AP]

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