The head of the culture ministry's fine arts sector, Mohsen Shaalan, and Reem Bahir, the museum's director, as well as nine other officials were convicted of negligence.
The Dutch masterpiece, valued at more than 50 million dollars (36.1 million euros), was cut out of its frame.
Investigations found that the museum had reduced the number of guards and that most of the surveillance cameras were not working.
Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud has said each painting in the museum, which also has works by Monet and Renoir, had an alarm but that none of them worked.
The painting, of yellow and red flowers in a vase, was stolen before in 1977, but recovered the following year.
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The Dutch masterpiece, valued at more than 50 million dollars (36.1 million euros), was cut out of its frame.
Investigations found that the museum had reduced the number of guards and that most of the surveillance cameras were not working.
Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud has said each painting in the museum, which also has works by Monet and Renoir, had an alarm but that none of them worked.
The painting, of yellow and red flowers in a vase, was stolen before in 1977, but recovered the following year.
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