| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| July 22, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 123v |
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Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519), c. 1500 ink, tempera, and gold on vellum · lifted from The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Self-portrait Raden Saleh, 1841 · Wikimedia Commons |
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The Evening of the Deluge Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1843 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra Jacob Symonsz Pynas (signed by artist), 1628 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Ritual vessel with cover Unknown, 206 BCE-220 CE · the National Museum of Asian Art |
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Hilly Landscape with a Rider on a Country Road Jan Wijnants, 1655 - 1684 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| The Line |
| "O learn to read what silent love hath writ, To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit." |
| Sonnets, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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American guide week Nov. 10-16 State by state, the WPA writers projects describe America to Americans, 1941-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Varanasi, India |
| Varanasi, or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city also has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Lay low here. |
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