A US federal court has jailed an American man and a Mexican woman for trying to sell a $US3 million ($A2.85 million) Henri Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum.
Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman, 46, of Miami, was on Tuesday sentenced to two years and nine months in prison and Maria Martha Elisa Ornelas Lazo, 50, of Mexico City got one year and nine months.
The pair had initially denied in court that they conspired to transport and sell Odalisque in Red Pants. They then changed their story and pleaded guilty in October.
Venezuelan authorities realised in 2003 that the painting hanging at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the capital Caracas was actually a fake. The exact date of the theft is unknown, though December 2002 has been suggested.
The indictment accused Marcuello of negotiating the sale of the Matisse for approximately $US740,000 during several meetings with undercover FBI agents. The painting has been valued by experts at $US3 million.
Marcuello also agreed to have the painting transported to the US from Mexico, where it was stored. In July, Ornelas brought the piece to Miami from Mexico City.
Undercover FBI agents posing as buyers recovered the Matisse in August and arrested the two suspects.
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