20 years ago this week, the largest art theft in history took place. In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two unknown men gained entrance to the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 35 priceless works of art. Works by Vermeer, van Rijn, Degas, Manet and many others vanished without a trace that night. “The Concert” by Vermeer is considered to be the most valuable missing painting in the world. In her 2005 documentary “Stolen,” Rebecca Dreyfus explores the nature of beauty and the tragedy of the theft through the eyes of those involved after the incident. Though there have been suspicions and clues to the identity of the thieves, none of the missing art have been recovered. Enjoy a good mystery? Stop by the Jean Outland Chrysler Library and ask for “Stolen!”
-Library Assistant Sara Mason
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