We can all rest easier now. I know I will, anyway.

Police in Oslo, Norway, recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight raid, authorities announced Thursday.

If I see a classic piece of art, in most cases there's no guarantee that I could identify the artist on sight. Da Vinci's "The Mona Lisa," some Picassos, maybe a little Monet, and from there, we're stretching it.

But I know Munch's "The Scream." I bet you do too.

"The Scream," which shows a waif-like figure apparently screaming or hearing a scream, has become a modern icon of human anxiety. It's been widely reproduced, even on coffee mugs and ties and, according to trivia on movie reference Web-site IMDB, as the inspiration for the killer's mask in the movie "Scream."

It seems like a happy ending for this modern art masterpiece.