Susie Hodge 
Art Heist 
50 Stolen Artworks You Will Never See

An intriguing investigation into 50 elusive artworks that were stolen and never recovered.




Mona Lisa,
Starry Night,
Birth of Venus. People travel for hundreds of miles to observe these breathtaking paintings with their own eyes. Now discover
the artworks that nobody can ever see… and the fascinating stories behind their disappearance .



In this collection of daring heist stories, read about:

• Michelangelo’s Mask of a Faun


• Caravaggio’s Nativity


• Rembrandt’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


• Cézanne’s View of Auvers-sur-Oise


• Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring

With meticulous research and engaging storytelling, this book uncovers the mysteries surrounding the thefts of these valuable artworks and 45 more.



Each fated work will be discussed individually to reveal why it, and the artist who made it, was significant. Gain a
deeper appreciation for these artists and the lasting impact they’ve had on the art world .



This book also answers
key questions about each missing piece , including:

• Why and how was it stolen?


• What attempts have been made to recover it?


• Leads, red herrings and suspects.

Whether you’re
passionate about art or drawn to the thrill of solving mysteries , this book offers a compelling narrative that will keep you engaged from cover to cover. It’s a must-read for anyone curious about the intersection of art, crime and history.

Tabla de materias

Table of Contents

 

1, 13 Artworks stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, 1990. Armed robbery.

• Three Rembrandts: A Lady and Gentleman in Black,  Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.


• Édouard Manet Chez Tortoni 


• Govaert Flinck Landscape with Obelisk 


• The Concert by Johannes Vermeer


• Five works by Edgar Degas (drawings)


• Bronze eagle and ancient Chinese beaker.

 

2, 12 Paintings from the National Museum of Fine Arts, Paraguay, 2002. Heist, fake storefront, tunnel.

• Adolphe Piot’s Woman’s Head


• Esteban Murillo’s The Virgin Mary and Jesus


• Gustave Courbet’s Landscape


• Tintoretto’s Self Portrait.

 

3, Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, Dutch Museum, 2020.

 

4, Henry Moore sculpture, UK, 2005.

 

5, Michelangelo’s Mask of a Faun, Bargello Museum Florence, 1944.

 

6, Canadian art heist, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1972.

• 18 stolen paintings, including one by Rembrandt.


• Landscape with Vehicles and Cattle by Jan Breughel the Elder’s students


• La Reveuse a la Fontaine by Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot


• Vanitas Still Life with Books, a Globe, a Skull, a Violin, and a Fan by Jan Davidszoon de Heem.

 

7, Caravaggio’s Nativity, Oratory Of San Lorenzo Palermo, 1969

 

8, Chinese art heists, 2010–2015

• 2010 Stockholm, burning cars as a distraction, team of thieves broke into Swedish royal residence and stole Chinese antiques. Month late items stolen from KODE Museum in Bergen, Norway. Then Oriental Museum at Durham University and a museum at Cambridge University was the next target.


• 2013 KODE Museum again, where 22 more Chinese relics were stolen.


• 2015 Chinese Museum of the Chateau de Fontainebleau in Paris.

 

9, View of Auvers-sur-Oise by Cézanne, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK, 1999.

 

10, Other stolen paintings include works by Velázquez (France), van Gogh (Egypt), Renoir (Texas), Picasso (France and Rotterdam), van Eyck (Belgium), Matisse (Rotterdam), Monet (Rotterdam), Gauguin (Rotterdam), Freud (Rotterdam).

 

11, Artwork stolen by Nazis includes works by van Gogh, Raphael, Klimt.

 

Sobre el autor

Susie Hodge is a UK author who has written widely on art, art history and art techniques. She has published over 100 books, including The Short Story of Art, Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained and Modern Art Explained