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Theft of 'The Concert' by Vermeer
One of the pieces stolen in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and is still missing.
Theft of 'The Just Judges' panel, Ghent Altarpiece
The panel was stolen in 1934 from Saint Bavo Cathedral, in Ghent, Belgium, and has never been recovered.
Stolen 'Two Laughing Boys' by Frans Hals
The painting has been stolen three times: in 1988, 2011, and 2020 from the Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden museum in the Netherlands.
Theft of 'Portrait of Francis Bacon' by Lucian Freud
Stolen in 1988 from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany, and remains unrecovered.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
13 works stolen in 1990, including Vermeer's 'The Concert' and Rembrandt's 'The Storm on the Sea of Galilee'. Still unsolved.
French Riviera 1999 Heist of 'The Madonna of the Yarnwinder'
Stolen from a private collection but recovered in 2007 with four suspects arrested in connection with the theft.
Robbery of the Museu Chácara do Céu, Rio de Janeiro
Four masterpieces stolen in 2006 during Rio's Carnival. Includes works by Dalí and Monet. Still missing.
Heist of 'The Boy in the Red Vest' by Paul Cézanne
Stolen from the Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zurich in 2008 and recovered in Serbia in 2012.
Theft of Caravaggio's 'Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence'
Painting stolen in 1969 from the Oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Italy. Never recovered.
Art theft at the Kunsthal Rotterdam
Seven paintings, including works by Picasso, Monet, and Matisse, stolen in 2012 and never recovered.
Whitworth Art Gallery Theft, Manchester
In 2003, three valuable paintings were stolen from the Whitworth Art Gallery but were recovered later abandoned in a public bathroom.
Theft of 'Poppy Flowers' by Vincent van Gogh
Stolen from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt, in 2010 and remains unrecovered.
Theft of the 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee'
Rembrandt's only seascape was stolen during the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and remains unrecovered.
2007 Thefts from the São Paulo Museum of Art
Stolen artworks included Picasso's 'Portrait of Suzanne Bloch' and 'The Coffee Worker' by Candido Portinari, both recovered shortly afterward.
Theft of 'The Scream' from The National Gallery, Oslo
Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' was stolen in 1994 but recovered later the same year.
Van Gogh Museum Heist in Amsterdam, 2002
Two Van Gogh paintings, 'View of the Sea at Scheveningen' and 'Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen', were stolen and recovered in 2016 in Italy.
Heist of the 'Mona Lisa'
Vincenzo Peruggia stole the 'Mona Lisa' in 1911 from the Louvre but was recovered in 1913.
Theft of Cézanne's 'View of Auvers-sur-Oise'
Stolen from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on Millennium Eve, 1999. Never recovered.
Swedish Nationalmuseum Heist
In 2000, three men armed with machine guns stole works by Rembrandt and Renoir. All paintings were eventually recovered.
Dresden Green Vault Burglary
Stolen in 2019, thieves took an estimated €1 billion in 18th-century jewelry from the Green Vault museum in Germany.
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