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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
The largest art theft ever recorded in United States history occured on March 18, 1990. In this theft, two men dressed as Boston policemen entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and aducted the security personal. After they had binded the guards with duct tape and handcuffs they proceeded to 13 paintings. The estimated worth of all the paintings was as high as $300 million. Included in the lot were Vermeer's The Concert; Rembrandt's A Lady and Gentleman in Black, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, and Self-Portrait; Govaert Flinck's Landscape with Obelisk; and Manet's Chez Tortoni. Despite the great efforts of the local police and the FBI, A reward is still being offered today for any information leading to the return of the 13 missing paintings.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee