당시 남자를 목격한 한 관람객은 “너무 태연하게 그림을 들고 나가서 미술관 직원이겠거니 생각했지 도둑일 거라고는 상상조차 못했다”고 말했다.
"He carried the painting so nonchalantly that I thought he was an art gallery worker and I never imagined he was a thief," said a visitor who witnessed the man at the time.