( CNN ) -- Paintings by famous modern artists disappeared from an exhibition in the Netherlands in a predawn art heist Tuesday , shutting down an exhibition in the Kunsthal Rotterdam , where works by Pablo Picasso , Vincent van Gogh , Andy Warhol and Claude Monet are on display . Seven works of `` considerable value '' disappeared in the museum theft , spokeswoman Mariette Maaskant said on Netherlands public radio . `` Initial investigations show the burglar was well prepared , '' police said in a statement . Painting from Clapton 's collection nabs record price . Rotterdam police said evidence has been secured and they are speaking with potential witnesses . Investigators are also looking at security camera footage . The paintings include Pablo Picasso 's `` Tete d'Arlequin '' ; Henri Matisse 's `` La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune '' ; and Claude Monet 's `` Waterloo Bridge , London '' and `` Charing Cross Bridge , London , '' Rotterdam police said . The other three were Paul Gauguin 's `` Femme devant une fenÃªtre ouverte , dite la Fiancee , '' Meyer de Haan 's `` Autoportrait '' and Lucian Freud 's `` Woman with Eyes Closed . '' London : Man charged for defacing classic painting at the Tate . The Kunsthal 's alarm system went off shortly after 3 a.m. local time , alerting the exhibition hall 's private security detail . When security staffers arrived by car , they saw that the paintings were missing , Rotterdam police spokesman Roland Ekkers said . They informed police , who started an investigation . The works belong to a private collection that is being shown for the first time to the public , according to a Kunsthal statement . The Triton Collection has taken 20 years to assemble and includes more than 150 works of modern art from the `` late nineteenth century to the present day . '' It spans art movements from impressionism and expressionism to cubism and constructivism . Its roster of artists boasts the names of Marcel Duchamp , Piet Mondriaan and George Braque , to name just a few . Andy Warhol 's '15 minutes ' of fame are not up yet . Journalist Dominique Van Heerden contributed to this report .
7 stolen works were by Picasso , Matisse , Monet , Gauguin , others . Paintings of `` considerable value '' were taken , Kunsthal Rotterdam spokeswoman says . The collection contains more than 150 works of art , including artists Duchamp , Braque . A total of 13 paintings and sculptures have been recovered from the museum in Amsterdam which was raided on Tuesday morning as part of a police investigation into alleged theft at its main branch.