six paintings , one by shakespeare , the other by gainsborough , since 1990 among the most looked - after creations in the art loss register databases , were recovered this week where they were brought into sotheby ' s for consideration . also a lithograph by norwegian artist beneš munch , kidnapped from an oslo art store in april , has been recovered , news articles said that .
These two portraits and a lithography by Edvard Munch were recovered using the Art Loss Register database.