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Antiquities, artifacts and art objects – the main target for various illegal, immoral and illicit activities
1. Antiquities, artifacts and art
objects – the main target for
various illegal, immoral and
illicit activities
Dr. Maria Păuceanu
E-mail:
mariapauceanu@gmail.com
2. Causes for stealing AAA
• - obtaining finances for operations, illegal transactions
(commerce with drugs, guns, terrorism, etc)
• - snobbery and various collectionars unscrupulous
• - high price of these objects on black market
• - the use of these for money laundry purpose, to
obtain not deserved benefits ( to receive rewards,
ransom, etc)
• - to obtain financial resources tax- free and quickly to
satisfy some luxurious caprices
• - other causes of ideological, economic, social or
personal nature
3. TOP 10 – THE LIST OF THE
MOST FAMOUS ART
OBJECTS STOLEN AND
NOT RECOVERED UNTILL
NOW
4. 1. Rembrandt, The Storm on the Sea of
Galilee
In march 1990, Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum from Boston
was robbered by two unknown
men. The thefts took away
works of art with 300 millions
dollars value.
Among these works of art:
Vermeer, The Concert,
Rembrandt, A Lady and
Gentleman in Black;
Rembrandt, The Storm on the
Sea of Galilee;
Rembrandt, Self-Portrait;
Govaert Flinck, Landscape with
Obelisk;
Monet, Chez Tortoni.
5. 2. Caravaggio, Nativity with San Lorenzo
and San Francesco.
In October 1969, two thefts
robbered San Lorenzo
Oratory Museum from
Palermo, Italy and took
away the painting from its
frame. The estimated
value of this work of art is
$ 20 million.
6. 3. Van Gogh, View of the Sea at
Scheveningen
In December 2002, two thefts
entered through the roof in
Vincent van Gogh Museum
from Amsterdam.
In few minutes, those two thefts
took away two paintings: Van
Gogh - View of the Sea at
Scheveningen and
Congregation Leaving the
Reformed Church in Nuenen,
evaluated $ 30 million.
The police succeeded in arresting
two men who were arrested
and condemned for this theft,
but the paintings were not
recovered until now.
7. 4. Cezanne, View of Auvers-sur-Oise
In December 31st, 1999, during
the fireworks which were
announcing the new
millennium, one unknown man
entered in Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford, England,
and took away the landscape
painted by Cezanne, View of
Auvers-sur-Oise.
The painting was evaluated at 3
million pounds, and it is a very
important work of art, showing
the transition towards
Cezanne’s mature painting.
8. 5. The robbery from CHACARA DO CEU
MUSEUM , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador Dali, 1929,
Two Balconies
Measures: 23.5 cm x
34.5 cm
Inventory No. MCC
430
9. The robbery from CHACARA DO CEU
Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Henri Matisse, 1905,
Luxembourg Garden
Measures: 40.5 cm x
32 cm
Inventory No. MCC
425
10. The robbery from CHACARA DO CEU
MUSEUM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pablo Picasso, 1956,
Dance
Measures: 100 cm x 81
cm
Inventory No. MCC
406
11. The robbery from CHACARA DO CEU
MUSEUM , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Claude Monet,
1880-1890, Marine
Measures: 65 cm x 91
cm
Inventory No. MCC
424
12. The robbery from CHACARA DO CEU
MUSEUM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In February 24th, 2006, around 4:00 PM,
four works of art were took away
among other objects from Chacara do
Ceu Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by
four armed men. The value of stolen
objects couldn’t be yet estimated.
14. Davidoff-Morini Stradivarius
In October 1995, the thefts of
Stradivarius violin was reported in
New York, value $ 3 millions, from
Erica Morini’s apartment, a famous
violinist. The violin was made in 1727
by Antonio Stradivari, nowadays
being known as Davidoff – Morini
Stradivarius.
16. GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY
MURALS
In July 2002, two oil paintings created by
Maxfield Parrish were stolen during a theft
from a West Hollywood Gallery, California.
The paintings are two panels from a series
created for NY 5th Avenue home belonging
to Mme. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The
paintings were cut off from their frame
during the theft.
The value of these two paintings is estimated $
4 millions.
17. 8. THE ROBBERY FROM E.G. Biihrle
Collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
Four work of art were stolen during an
armed robbery in February 10th, 2008
from E.G. Biihrle Collection, Zurich.
Two works of art were recovered, but
two are still missing and are
described in the following slides.
18. Paul Cezanne, Boy in the Red Vest
Paul Cezanne, Boy in
the Red Vest,
Description: 1894/95,
oil on canvas, 80 cm
x 64.5 cm
19. Edgar Degas, Count Lepic and His
Daughters
Edgar Degas, Count
Lepic and His
Daughters,
Description: c. 1871,
oil on canvas, 65.5
cm x 81 cm
20. 9. Van Mieris, A Cavalier
In June 10th, 2007, “A Cavalier”,
a self-portrait in oil on wood,
work of art created by Earl
Master Frans Van Mieris, was
stolen from Art Gallery in New
South Wales, Sydney,
Australia.
The work of art was stolen while
the gallery was open for public.
The portrait measures 20 cm x
16 cm, and its value is
estimated to over a million
dollars.
.
21. 10. Iraqi artifacts token away from
archaeological chanters and museums
In July 25th, 2006, ICE
announced the
recovery of King
Entemena from
Lagash statue, one of
the most important
artifacts stolen from
Iraqi National Museum
in 2003. It was
returned to the Iraqi
government during a
ceremony held at
Washington.
22. THOUGHTS UPON THIS ISSUE
Several countries, especially emergent ones,
are the target of works of art, religious
artifacts and antiquities systematic robbery,
at large scale (Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran,
Syria, Romania, etc). The authorities are or
incapable to deal with this systematic
robberies of cultural history and memory of
the nation or not interested to solve this
phenomena, from various reasons.