Last night's haul: Mercury and Minerva
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September 5, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Mercury and Minerva
Mercury and Minerva
Jacopo Palma (il Giovane), 1548-1628
Pen and brown ink · lifted from SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
also in the bag:
Peasants Smoking in an Inn
Peasants Smoking in an Inn
David Teniers (Flemish, 1610–1690), c. 1640 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Tyr stående i vand
Tyr stående i vand
Adriaen van de Velde, 1636-1672 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
The White Parasol
The White Parasol
Robert Lewis Reid, circa 1907 · Wikimedia Commons
Le joueur d'orgue (The Organ Grinder)
Le joueur d'orgue (The Organ Grinder)
James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1878 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Buurtje in de Amsterdamse Jordaan
Buurtje in de Amsterdamse Jordaan
George Hendrik Breitner (mentioned on object), 1917 - 1918 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Line
""How can you ask me to eat ham, " said Candide, "after killing the Baron's son, and being doomed never more to see the beautiful Cunegonde?"
Candide, Voltaire
From the Vault
[Agram, Capital Palace, with Maria Statue, by Fernkorn, Croatia, Austro-Hungary]
[Agram, Capital Palace, with Maria Statue, by Fernkorn, Croatia, Austro-Hungary], 1890-01-01
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Kotor, Montenegro
Kotor, Montenegro
Kotor, historically known as Cattaro, is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. Lay low here.
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