Stealing Rembrandts : the untold stories of notorious art heists Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amore, Anthony M.

Contributor:

Mashberg, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art thefts.

Theft from museums.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

Physical Description:

xvii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Untold stories of notorious art heists

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion dollars in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. In Stealing Rembrandts, authors Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major art heists of the Dutch Master in the last century. Through thefts around the world--from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio--the authors track daring entries into and escapes from the world's most renowned museums, and robbers who coolly walk off with multimillion dollar paintings. Stealing Rembrandts is a dramatic and brilliant account that lets you peek into the alluring and little-known criminal art world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Why Rembrandt?

There is no "Dr. No"

Smeared with blood : the 1972 Worcester Heist

The takeaway Rembrandt

Snafu in Cincinnati, 1973

Wolves at the door : heists from homes

Devil's bargain : the MFA Heist

2000 : the Stockholm Blitz

The Rembrandt that wasn't

Rembrandt's stolen etchings

Our debt to Rembrandt

Target Rembrandt : a list of known and reported thefts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Landau-Savedoff Memorial Reference Collection on Cultural & Heritage Purloinment.

ISBN:

9780230108530 (hardback)

0230108539 (hardback)

OCLC:

679929438

Publisher Number:

99944272372