21.   The Foreign Affairs Department in The Hague assigned Peter Nieman, one of its former ambassadors, to take the painting home.

22.   The painting was taken down, and jail officials considered cleaning it or selling it.

23.   The paintings were taken down Thursday when the exhibit ended, before his earlier comments were published.

24.   The paintings were taken down Thursday when the exhibit ended, before his comments were published.

25.   Wally Serote, a poet and African National Congress member of parliament, said the first step of taking down paintings for cleaning took two years to negotiate.

26.   When she refused, he took the painting off the wall himself and left in a waiting taxi.

27.   The thieves came in through a window Sunday night and took six painting from the walls.

28.   Thieves took the paintings out of their frames and also stole two icons, two watches and an army pistol.