The paintings, however, remain missing.
In a statement posted on Twitter, police spokeswoman Maren Wonder said a 58-year-old man was arrested at his home in the Dutch town of Baarn, 25 miles southeast of Amsterdam.
His identity was not released, in line with Dutch privacy guidelines.
“Unfortunately, we haven’t yet recovered the paintings and the investigation is continuing,” Ms Wonder said.
She called the arrest “a really important step in the investigation”.
Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden At Nuenen In Spring 1884 was snatched from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam in the early hours of March 30 2020.
The museum was closed at the time due to a coronavirus lockdown.
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