Three Old Master paintings worth £10 million stolen from Oxford University's Christ Church gallery

Three Old Master paintings with a combined insurance value of £10 million were stolen from Christ Church college's picture gallery at Oxford University. The theft occurred before midnight on 14 March, with the stolen works including Anthony Van Dyck's A Soldier On Horseback from around 1616, Annibale Carracci's A Boy Drinking dating to approximately 1850, and Salvator Rosa's A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers studying a Plan from about 1640. Christ Church officials have launched an active investigation and publicly appealed for information about the burglary. The gallery has been closed indefinitely following the weekend theft. The stolen paintings represent significant works by major European artists spanning the 17th to 19th centuries.