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usonian

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1. Recognized it before I scrolled down.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 07:45 PM
Sep 2022

Do you know that the largest (in value) art theft in history was done there?

https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-history-101/the-top-6-biggest-art-thefts-in-history
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990


The March 18, 1990 art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is considered to be the biggest art theft in history. At 1:24 am two men dressed as police officers approached the employee entrance of the museum. They claimed to be there to investigate a disturbance. After being granted entrance to the museum, the two thieves overpowered the two lone security guards on night duty and stole 13 masterpieces from renowned artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt, Edouard, Manet, and Edgar Degas. The 13 masterpieces are collectively estimated to be worth $500 million. (NPR, 2015)

https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393565096/25-years-after-art-heist-empty-frames-still-hang-in-bostons-gardner-museum


That said, a nice representation of it, since I recognized it "on first scroll" and the colors reflect a cheerful mood.

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