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Stealing the Mystic Lamb : the true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece / Noah Charney.
Fine Arts Library ND673.E87 A63 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charney, Noah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece.
- Art thefts--Belgium--Ghent.
- Art thefts.
- Belgium--Ghent.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- True story of the world's most coveted masterpiece
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2010]
- Contents:
- Prologue. The wolves and the Lamb
- The mysteries of the masterpiece
- The magician in the red turban
- The burning of the Lamb
- Thieves of revolution and empire
- Illicit collectors' paradise
- The canon hides the Lamb
- Thieves in the cathedral
- The world's greatest treasure hunt
- Raising the buried treasure
- Epilogue. Hidden in plain sight?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586488000
- 1586488007
- OCLC:
- 317925790
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