| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| August 31, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Cornelis Evertsen, Lieutenant-Admiral of Zeeland |
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Nicolaes Maes, 1680 painting · lifted from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| also in the bag: |
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Portret van Feyntje van Steenkiste Frans Hals, 1635 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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A man examining a urine flask. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck. Egbert van Heemskerck · Wellcome Collection, London |
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Canada Violet (Viola canadensis) Mary Vaux Walcott, born Philadelphia, PA 1860-died St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1940, 1903 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Bag Unknown, 1850–1900 · The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Portrait supposed Mrs Subleyras Pierre Subleyras, vers 1740 · Wikimedia Commons |
| The Line |
| "Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars." |
| Othello, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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Yosemite. United Air Lines, 1945-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| Samarkand is a major city located in southeastern Uzbekistan and is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. With a population of 882,000 inhabitants in 2026, it is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent. Lay low here. |
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