Another intriguing entry into Netflix's true-crime library, the docuseries This Is a Robbery takes a deep dive into one of the most baffling art heists in history. In 1990, two men disguised as Boston police officers broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and stole 13 pieces of art worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 30 years later, we have leads about the robbers, but we don't know very much about the art's whereabouts. Suffice to say, the stolen works have not been returned.
The missing pieces include some of the most valuable works in art history: Govaert Flinck's "Landscape with Obelisk," Rembrandt van Rijn's "Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee," Édouard Manet's "Chez Tortoni," and Johannes Vermeer's "The Concert." Oddly, the robbers left behind expensive Titian and Michaelangelo works while going for more obscure and less valuable pieces such as a Shang dynasty vase and bronze-plated eagle.
The missing pieces include some of the most valuable works in art history: Govaert Flinck's "Landscape with Obelisk," Rembrandt van Rijn's "Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee," Édouard Manet's "Chez Tortoni," and Johannes Vermeer's "The Concert." Oddly, the robbers left behind expensive Titian and Michaelangelo works while going for more obscure and less valuable pieces such as a Shang dynasty vase and bronze-plated eagle.
- 4/7/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Netflix's This Is a Robbery, a four-part true-crime documentary, follows the largest and most confounding art heist in history: the theft of 13 pieces at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Over St. Patrick's Day weekend in 1990, two men posed as Boston police officers and robbed the museum, taking $500 million worth of artwork. While many leads have come up over the years, none of them ever panned out in the museum's favor. The paintings' status remains a mystery, and recent theories have even tied the puzzling heist to the Boston Mafia. Let's break down the most crucial details of the case to paint a picture of what happened that night.
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, Richard Abath was working the night shift as a guard at the Gardner Museum. He saw two police officers on the security camera and buzzed them in against protocol. The men told him...
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, Richard Abath was working the night shift as a guard at the Gardner Museum. He saw two police officers on the security camera and buzzed them in against protocol. The men told him...
- 4/7/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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