| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| August 28, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Hammershus på Bornholm. Set fra sydsiden |
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Søren L. Lange, 1819 Coloured etching · lifted from SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark |
| also in the bag: |
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In the Dining Room Berthe Morisot, 1886 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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The Backgammon Players Willem Cornelisz. Duyster (eigenhandig gesigneerd), c. 1625 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Mary, Queen of Heaven Master of the Saint Lucy Legend, c. 1485/1500 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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Boerengezelschap binnenshuis Adriaen van Ostade (mentioned on object), 1661 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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George Partridge Richardson Unidentified, ca. 1835 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| The Line |
| "Ah yet doth beauty like a dial hand, Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived. Let not my love be called idolatry, Nor my beloved as an idol show." |
| Sonnets, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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Hix Bros. circus, 1970-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Orkney, Scotland |
| Orkney, also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is sometimes used, but this is erroneous. Lay low here. |
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