Man, Woman Sentenced For Trying To Sell Stolen Matisse In Miami

Two Sentenced For Trying To Sell Stolen Matisse
'Le Luxe I', 1907 (L) and 'Le Luxe II', 1907-08 (R) by Henri Matisse on display in the exhibition 'Matisse: In Search of True Painting' November 26, 2012 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition explores Matisse’s painting process by showcasing 49 vibrantly colored canvases that demonstrate the artist’s tendency to use his completed canvases as tools, repeating compositions in order to compare effects, gauge his progress, and, as he put it, “push further and deeper into true painting” opens to the public December 4. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
'Le Luxe I', 1907 (L) and 'Le Luxe II', 1907-08 (R) by Henri Matisse on display in the exhibition 'Matisse: In Search of True Painting' November 26, 2012 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition explores Matisse’s painting process by showcasing 49 vibrantly colored canvases that demonstrate the artist’s tendency to use his completed canvases as tools, repeating compositions in order to compare effects, gauge his progress, and, as he put it, “push further and deeper into true painting” opens to the public December 4. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Florida man and a Mexican woman were sentenced to prison terms on Tuesday for trying to sell a stolen painting by French master Henri Matisse a decade after it vanished from a Venezuelan museum, U.S. prosecutors said.
Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman, 46, of Miami, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and Maria Martha Elisa Ornelas Lazo, 50, of Mexico City, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami said in a news release.

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