POLICE SAY TWO ARMED ROBBERS HAVE STOLEN A RARE AND UNIQUE PAINTING BY BELGIAN ARTIST RENE MAGRITTE FROM A SMALL MUSEUM IN BRUSSELS. BRUSSELS CITY POLICE SPOKESMAN JOHAN BERCKMANS SAYS THE TWO MEN ESCAPED WITH THE 1948 "OLYMPIA" OIL PAINTING BY CAR ON THURSDAY. THE NUDE PAINTING OF THE SURREALIST'S WIFE, GEORGETTE, IS VALUED AT $1.1 MILLION. THE PAINTING HUNG AT MAGRITTE'S FORMER HOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A SMALL MUSEUM. ENTRY IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. IT IS SEPARATE FROM A LARGER MAGRITTE MUSEUM THAT OPENED THIS YEAR. THE PAINTING DEPICTS THE PAINTER'S WIFE LAYING ON HER BACK WITH A SHELL ON HER STOMACH.
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