Sunday, March 30, 2014

Stolen (2005): Documentary About the March, 18 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist


     Directed by Rebecca Dreyfus, Stolen (2005) is a documentary that focuses on the March 18, 1990 heist at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum… during which two thieves, disguised as Boston police officers, gained access to the museum and stole 13 valuable works of art. In remains the largest property theft in history. In addition to describing the robbery, the film focuses on the efforts of detective Harold Smith and others, whose obsession with finding the stolen masterworks is contagious. 

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum- Boston, MA

The 13 Stolen Artworks:

Vermeer, The Concert, 1658–1660

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait, ca. 1634.

Rembrandt, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633.

Rembrandt, A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633. 

Govaert Flinck, Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638. 

Degas, La Sortie de Pesage.

Degas, Program for an artistic soiree, 1884.

Degas, Program for an artistic soiree, 1884.

Degas, Three Mounted Jockeys.

Degas, Cortege aux Environs de Florence.

Chinese bronze beaker or Ku, Chinese, Shang Dynasty, 1200–1100 B.C.

Finial in the form of an eagle, gilt metal (bronze), French, 1813–1814 

Manet, Chez Tortoni, 1878–1880.