$260million art heist becomes the biggest art heist in Netherland's history

Thieves broke into Netherland's Kunsthal museum and walked off with seven art masterpieces worth up to 200 million euro ($260 million).

"On Tuesday morning seven artworks were stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam," police said in a statement, adding the burglary took place about 3.00am local time.

They seven paintings were: Pablo Picasso's 1971 Harlequin's Head; Claude Monet's 1901 Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London; Henri Matisse's 1919 Reading Girl in White and Yellow; Paul Gauguin's 1898 Girl in Front of Open Window; Meyer de Haan's Self-Portrait, around 1890; and Lucian Freud's 2002 work Woman with Eyes Closed.It is the biggest art theft in The Netherlands since 1991.

Monet's Charing Bridge, London

Picasso's Harlequin's Head

Monet's Waterloo Bridge, London

Gauguin's Girl in front of open window

Freud's woman with eyes closed

Matisse's Reading Girl in White and Yellow

Haan's Self Portrait