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Dating from the 14th through the 17th centuries, the works were stolen from the Palais Fesch-Musee des Beaux-Arts, which houses the second largest collection of Italian paintings after that of the Louvre in Paris.
"Midas at the Source of the River Pactole" by Poussin, "Pentecost" by Mariotto di Nardo, "Virgin and Child" by Giovanni Bellini and another by an anonymous artist from Umbria in central Italy will be returned to the museum on Monday, Pison said.
Investigating magistrate Charlotte Dauriac, who received the anonymous telephone call, rushed to the scene with police investigators, finding one of the paintings in a plastic bag and the others simply leaning against a wall.
A night watchman at the museum was charged in the case two days after the paintings went missing.
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"Midas at the Source of the River Pactole" by Poussin, "Pentecost" by Mariotto di Nardo, "Virgin and Child" by Giovanni Bellini and another by an anonymous artist from Umbria in central Italy will be returned to the museum on Monday, Pison said.
Investigating magistrate Charlotte Dauriac, who received the anonymous telephone call, rushed to the scene with police investigators, finding one of the paintings in a plastic bag and the others simply leaning against a wall.
A night watchman at the museum was charged in the case two days after the paintings went missing.
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