Madonna (Edvard Munch)

Madonna is a famous painting by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. Munch painted five versions of the Madonna between 1894 and 1895, using oils on canvas. One of them measures 91 x 70.5 cm.

One version belonging to the Munch museum of Oslo is stolen, while another is owned by businessman Nelson Blitz.

The title suggests a depiction of Mary, the mother of Jesus, although it is a rather sensual depiction of a nude woman. See also: Madonna (art)

On Sunday, 22 August 2004, Madonna was stolen from the Munch Museum, Oslo (along with the famous painting The Scream, also by Munch), by masked men wielding firearms. The robbers forced the museum guards to lie down on the floor while they snapped the cable securing the paintings to the wall and escaped in a black A6 Audi car, which police later found abandoned.