{"id":30719,"date":"2016-05-25T02:17:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=30719"},"modified":"2016-05-30T02:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T07:20:50","slug":"famous-stolen-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/famous-stolen-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Stolen Paintings That Were Never Found"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heists aren\u2019t what they used to be. These days, the Mona Lisa is safely tucked behind a bulletproof glass shield, there are alarms and guards at every corner, and attempting a good old fashion art piece theft has never been more difficult. But, believe it or not, these are all the result of past heists that have been, unfortunately, successful. There are some famous stolen paintings taken from important art galleries, with no clue of their whereabouts decades later.<\/p>\n

Criminality knows no discrimination, which is why the big blow was taken both by small artists and renowned painters of the likes of Rembrandt and Picasso. Join us as we line-up some of the most famous stolen paintings that have yet to be found.<\/p>\n

#1 \u201cThe Lovers: The Poet\u2019s Garden IV\u201d by Vincent Van Gogh<\/h2>\n

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This work of art was described by the painter in a letter to his brother. Finished in 1888, it was easy to pinpoint Van Gogh\u2019s pride in his creation and, apparently, he had good reason to. The Lovers: The Poet\u2019s Garden IV <\/em>caught the eye of Adolf Hitler decades later, who retrieved the painting with the intention to include it in his personal \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest Art Gallery.\u201d It would be filled with degenerate works of past painters. Despite many efforts, the painting was lost after World War II.<\/p>\n

#2 \u201cStorm on the Sea of Galilee\u201d by Rembrandt Van Rijn<\/h2>\n

This Rembrandt painting was only one of the thirteen pieces of art that were lost during the greatest heist in American history. Then, two thieves managed to trick the guards into allowing them inside Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by dressing up as police officers. After managing to handcuff them, the pair smuggled up some extremely valuable pieces, this one included.<\/p>\n

#3 \u201cCharing Cross Bridge, London\u201d by Claude Monet<\/h2>\n

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On October 2012, the Kunsthal Museum was the victim of a theft that cost it the disappearance of a handful of important works of art. This particular Monet painting, part of a series that depict the Charing Cross Bridge in various moments of the day, was the most valuable loss. Although the convict was later caught and claimed that he burned the piece to hide his traces, there is no solid evidence to back the claim, which led to the painting still being considered missing.<\/p>\n

#4 \u201cLe Pigeon aux Petis Pois\u201d by Pablo Picasso<\/h2>\n

The story of this Picasso work would be hilarious if it weren\u2019t for the tragic undertones. It was stolen during the theft at Mus\u00e9e d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris then hurtled into a bin by the convict. The bin was emptied before authorities could get to it, so, assuming it\u2019s not destroyed, Le Pigeon <\/em>must be on quite the adventure.<\/p>\n

#5 \u201cThe Just Judges\u201d by Jan Van Eyck<\/h2>\n

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With a story worth of a movie, The Judges <\/em>brewed a lot of speculations when it was suddenly stolen from its display on the Ghent altarpiece at Saint Bavon\u2019s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. In its place, authorities found a note left by the thief, which eventually led them to a negotiation for its retrieval. The painting was never returned, though, and the man who eventually stepped up as the convict did so on his deathbed, when he also revealed that he would take the location of the piece of art to his grave.<\/p>\n

#6 \u201cThe Concert\u201d by Johannes Vermeer<\/h2>\n

Another victim of the heist at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Concert<\/em> is considered to be the most valuable unrecovered piece of art at the moment, with a price attached to it that goes just a bit beyond $200,000,000. The work of art was initially up for display at the Royal Collection in London before it was purchased by the famous philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner.<\/p>\n

#7 \u201cView Of The Sea At Scheveningen\u201d by Vincent Van Gogh<\/h2>\n

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In 2002, two pulled a genuine cinematic move when they decided to infiltrate the Van Gogh Amsterdam Museum through the roof. They got in and decided to steal only two pieces \u2013 one of them was View of the Sea at Scheveningen. <\/em>Their choice didn\u2019t seem to be baseless, as the two paintings were created during the peaking period in Van Gogh\u2019s career. The two works of art have an estimated value of $30 million.<\/p>\n

#8 \u201cPortrait of a Young Man\u201d by Raphael<\/h2>\n

The last we\u2019d seen of this High Renaissance classic, the painting was hanging on the walls of Hitler\u2019s Berlin villa. After World War II, it was taken down by Nazi official Hans Frank, who supposedly intended to take the work of art to the royal Wawel Castle. The journey there was apparently unsuccessful since there haven\u2019t been any traces of the painting since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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