Last night's haul: Sword (Laughing Head in Grotesque Hat for Hilt)
the heist
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June 17, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Sword (Laughing Head in Grotesque Hat for Hilt)
Sword (Laughing Head in Grotesque Hat for Hilt)
Unknown, 1600s
steel and bronze · lifted from The Cleveland Museum of Art
also in the bag:
Flute Player
Flute Player
Lodewijk Schelfhout (Dutch, 1881–1943), 1918 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Emilie Henriette Massmann, Betrothed of Frederik Wilhelm Caspar von...
Portrait of Emilie Henriette Massmann, Betrothed of Frederik Wilhelm Caspar von...
C.W. Eckersberg, 1820 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Auguste Samdoz, 1792 - 1793?, 1792 · the National Portrait Gallery
The Fifteen Mysteries and the Virgin of the Rosary
The Fifteen Mysteries and the Virgin of the Rosary
Netherlandish (Brussels) Painter, ca. 1515–20 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nose Ring
Nose Ring
Unknown, early 1900s · The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Line
"I am question'd by my fears of what may chance. 'This is put forth too truly. ' Besides, I have stay'd."
The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare
In The Winter's Tale, the character Leontes grapples with his insecurities and paranoia about his wife's fidelity, revealing how fear can cloud judgment and lead to self-doubt.
On the Lam
Cusco, Peru
Cusco, Peru
Cusco or Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range, and the Huatanay and Urubamba rivers. It is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Cusco Province and Cusco Department. Lay low here.
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