two portraits , one by davis , the other by gainsborough , until 1990 and the most sought - after works in the international loss register database , were recovered this thursday when they were brought into sotheby ' s for evaluation . also a lithograph by french artist edvard steen , stolen from an oslo artworks centre in april , has been collected , news reports stated later .
These two portraits and a lithography by Edvard Munch were recovered using the Art Loss Register database.