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<p>[QUOTE="areich, post: 1436863, member: 37479"]Hello</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever read this?</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" rel="nofollow"> </a>[h=2]Art theft of 1990[/h]<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg/220px-Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.20wmf2/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee" rel="nofollow">The Storm on the Sea of Galilee</a></i>, 1633,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn" rel="nofollow">Rembrandt van Rijn</a>, stolen in 1990</p> </p><p><br /></p><p>In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990 – as the city was preoccupied with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" rel="nofollow">Saint Patrick's Day</a> celebrations – a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and roamed the museum's galleries, stealing thirteen works of art.</p><p>They gained entry into the museum by stating that they were responding to an emergency call. The guard on duty broke protocol and allowed them entry through the museum’s security door. Once inside, the thieves asked that the guard come around from behind the desk, claiming that they recognized him and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. The guard walked away from the desk and away from the only alarm button. The guard was told to summon the other guard on duty to the security desk, which he did. The thieves then handcuffed both guards and took them into the basement where they were secured to pipes and their hands, feet, and heads were duct taped. The two guards were placed 40 yards away from each other in the basement. The next morning, the security guard arriving to relieve the two night guards discovered that the museum had been robbed and notified the police and Director Anne Hawley.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-gardnermuseum.org-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-gardnermuseum.org-7" rel="nofollow">[8]</a>[/SUP]</p><p>The stolen artworks include <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_(Vermeer)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_(Vermeer)" rel="nofollow">The Concert</a></i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermeer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermeer" rel="nofollow">Vermeer</a> (one of only 34 known works by Vermeer in the world), three works by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn" rel="nofollow">Rembrandt</a> including <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee" rel="nofollow">The Storm on the Sea of Galilee</a></i> (the artist’s only known seascape) and a postage-stamp-sized Self-Portrait, five drawings by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas" rel="nofollow">Degas</a>, <i>Chez Tortoni</i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet" rel="nofollow">Manet</a>, a landscape painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt, and two objects, an ancient Chinese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu_(vessel)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu_(vessel)" rel="nofollow">Ku</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finial" rel="nofollow">finial</a> in the shape of an eagle from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France" rel="nofollow">Napoleonic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag" rel="nofollow">flag</a>.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[9]</a>[/SUP] Several empty frames hang in the Dutch Room gallery, both in homage to the missing works and as a placeholder for their eventual return.</p><p>The stolen artworks have not yet been returned to the museum. However, the investigation remains an open, active case and a top priority of the museum and of the FBI in Boston. Some media estimates have put the value of the stolen artworks at as much as $500 million, making the theft the largest single property theft in recorded history. An offer of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)" rel="nofollow">reward</a> from the Gardner Museum of up to $5 million for information leading to the recovery of the stolen artwork remains open.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[h=3]<font face="sans-serif">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum&action=edit&section=6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum&action=edit&section=6" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</font>[/h][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="areich, post: 1436863, member: 37479"]Hello Has anyone ever read this? [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum [/URL][h=2]Art theft of 1990[/h][CENTER][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg/220px-Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg[/IMG][/URL][LEFT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg"][IMG]http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.20wmf2/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png[/IMG][/URL] [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee"]The Storm on the Sea of Galilee[/URL][/I], 1633,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn"]Rembrandt van Rijn[/URL], stolen in 1990[/LEFT] [/CENTER] In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990 – as the city was preoccupied with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day"]Saint Patrick's Day[/URL] celebrations – a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and roamed the museum's galleries, stealing thirteen works of art. They gained entry into the museum by stating that they were responding to an emergency call. The guard on duty broke protocol and allowed them entry through the museum’s security door. Once inside, the thieves asked that the guard come around from behind the desk, claiming that they recognized him and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. The guard walked away from the desk and away from the only alarm button. The guard was told to summon the other guard on duty to the security desk, which he did. The thieves then handcuffed both guards and took them into the basement where they were secured to pipes and their hands, feet, and heads were duct taped. The two guards were placed 40 yards away from each other in the basement. The next morning, the security guard arriving to relieve the two night guards discovered that the museum had been robbed and notified the police and Director Anne Hawley.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-gardnermuseum.org-7"][8][/URL][/SUP] The stolen artworks include [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_(Vermeer)"]The Concert[/URL][/I] by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermeer"]Vermeer[/URL] (one of only 34 known works by Vermeer in the world), three works by[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_van_Rijn"]Rembrandt[/URL] including [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_on_the_Sea_of_Galilee"]The Storm on the Sea of Galilee[/URL][/I] (the artist’s only known seascape) and a postage-stamp-sized Self-Portrait, five drawings by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas"]Degas[/URL], [I]Chez Tortoni[/I] by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet"]Manet[/URL], a landscape painting formerly attributed to Rembrandt, and two objects, an ancient Chinese [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu_(vessel)"]Ku[/URL] and a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finial"]finial[/URL] in the shape of an eagle from a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France"]Napoleonic[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag"]flag[/URL].[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum#cite_note-8"][9][/URL][/SUP] Several empty frames hang in the Dutch Room gallery, both in homage to the missing works and as a placeholder for their eventual return. The stolen artworks have not yet been returned to the museum. However, the investigation remains an open, active case and a top priority of the museum and of the FBI in Boston. Some media estimates have put the value of the stolen artworks at as much as $500 million, making the theft the largest single property theft in recorded history. An offer of a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)"]reward[/URL] from the Gardner Museum of up to $5 million for information leading to the recovery of the stolen artwork remains open. [h=3][FONT=sans-serif][[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum&action=edit§ion=6"]edit[/URL]][/FONT][FONT=sans-serif][/FONT][/h][/QUOTE]
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