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Overview:
Review of the most famous example of art theft in history, including Mona Lisa and the scream of stealing.
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Art theft, Art theft, Art fakers, Art, Mona Lisa, Isabella * Stewart * Gardner Museum of Art, Art thief, Edvard * Munk, Scream, Artist, Painting, Painting
Article Body:
Art theft is an ancient and complex crime. When seeing some of the most famous cases of historical art theft, fully planned here including art dealers, art fakers, gangs, ransom and millions of dollars, the most famous in history You can read about some of the art theft cases.
First theft:
The first documented case of art theft when the two panels of the Dutch painter Hans * Memling's Last Judgment altarpiece were stolen, in 1473 Tripty was shipped from Flanders to Holland from the Netherlands The ship was attacked by a pirate who took it to Gdansk Cathedral in Poland. Today, this work is exhibited in the National Museum of Gdansk.
Most famous theft:
The most famous story of art theft involves one of the most famous paintings in the world and one of the most famous artists in history as a suspect. On the night of August 21, 1911, Mona Lisa was stolen from the louver. Soon after, Pablo - Picasso was arrested and questions raised by the police were released soon.
It took about two years until the mystery was settled by the police in Paris. It is said that the 30 x 21 inch picture was shot by one of the museum employees under the name of Vincenzo Peruggia, which is hidden beneath his coat and carries it, despite that even though the crime was carefully notorious Eduardo de Valfierno, who made copies and sell them as if they were original pictures
Eve * Shaudron, Art Faker was busy making copies for famous masterpieces, but Mona Lisa was still hidden in the apartment in Perja. Two years after Pelgea had not heard from Chaudron, he tried to make the best from his stolen goods. Ultimately, Perugia was arrested by the police while trying to sell paintings to art dealers from Florence, Italy. Mona Lisa was returned to the louver in 1913.
The biggest theft in the United States:
The greatest artistic theft in the United States took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the evening of March 18, 1990, a group of thieves in police uniform invaded the museum and took 13 paintings whose collective value was estimated at about 300 million dollars. The thief took two paintings and one print by Rembrandt, as well as works of Vermeer, Money, Degas, Govaert Frink, as well as French and Chinese Artif
As in the past, none of the paintings have been found, the case is still unresolved. According to a recent rumor, the FBI is investigating the possibility that a Boston mob is connected to a crime with a French art dealer.
Scream:
Edvardo * Munks, Scream paintings are probably sought after in the history in painting by artistic bandits. It has been stolen twice and has only recently recovered. During the Winter Olympics of Lillehammer, Norway in 1994, the cry alarmed from the Oslo gallery by two thieves broke through an open window,
Three months later, the owner of the picture approached the offer and the Norwegian government: a ransom scream for $ 10,000 Edvard * Munks. The government refused the offer, but the Norwegian police cooperated with the British police and the Getty Museum to organize the stabbing operation that brought the picture back to where it belongs
Ten years later Scream was stolen again from the Munch Museum. This time, the robbery used a gun and took them separately from those of the picture Munchs. The rumor claimed that both paintings were burned to hide the evidence while the museum officials were waiting for thieves to demand a ransom. Ultimately, the Norwegian police found two pictures on August 31, 2006, but the facts as to whether they were recovered are yet to be known.
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