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The Scream (1893) - by Edvard Munch

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Stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway in 1994, the artwork was recovered later that year. A second version was stolen in 2004 from The Munch Museum, and recovered in 2006.

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Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (1609) - by Caravaggio

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Stolen in 1969 from the Oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Italy. The painting remains missing with the Mafia rumored to be involved.

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Mona Lisa (1503-06) - by Leonardo da Vinci

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Stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. It was recovered in 1913 when Peruggia attempted to sell it to a gallery in Florence, Italy.

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Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633) - by Rembrandt

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Stolen alongside 'The Concert' by Vermeer during the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist in 1990. This work, Rembrandt's only seascape, remains missing.

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Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid (1670) - by Johannes Vermeer

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Stolen in 1974 from the Russborough House in Ireland by an IRA gang. It was recovered later the same year in a cottage in County Cork.

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Poppy Flowers (1887) - by Vincent van Gogh

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Stolen from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt in 2010. Previously stolen in 1977 and recovered after 10 years; it remains missing following the second theft.

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View of Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) - by Paul Cézanne

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Stolen from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England on December 31, 1999. The painting was taken during Millennium celebrations and has not been recovered.

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The Concert (1664) - by Johannes Vermeer

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One of 13 artworks stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, USA. It is considered the most valuable unrecovered stolen painting ever, with a worth of over 200million.200 million.

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The Just Judges (1432) - by Jan van Eyck

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Part of the Ghent Altarpiece, this panel was stolen during the night of April 10, 1934, from Saint Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The theft remains one of the most enduring mysteries in the art world with the panel still missing.

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Portrait of a Young Man (1513-14) - by Raphael

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Believed to have been plundered by the Nazis during World War II from the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland. Its whereabouts remain unknown.

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