![Gabriel Metsu picture](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/89175/stolen-picture-sloane.jpg?width=750&height=500&mode=max&updated=02%2f20%2f2023+09%3a36%3a15)
Sloane Street Auctions reported three missing pictures including The Letterwriter Surprised by Gabriel Metsu (1629-67).
The three paintings were taken from a private room in the Wilton Arms on February 9. Following the discovery that the pictures had been taken, the theft was reported to the Metropolitan Police.
![Guardroom interior picture](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/89174/stolen-sloane-armour.jpg?width=700&height=500&mode=max&updated=02%2f20%2f2023+09%3a35%3a18)
Among the missing paintings is this oil on canvas of a guardroom interior with four figures drinking and playing cards by Gerard ter Borch the Younger (1617-81).
Anyone with information should contact the Met Police by calling 101 quoting incident reference number 6510433/23 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
![Diana painting](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/89173/stolen-sloane-landscape.jpg?width=700&height=500&mode=max&updated=02%2f20%2f2023+09%3a35%3a36)
Among the pictures taken was this oil on panel of Diana with her attendants in a grotto by Abraham van Cuylenbroch (1620-58).
Sloane Street Auctions was founded by fine art specialist Daniel Hunt in 2021.