| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| September 18, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Dansende derwisjen |
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Jean Baptiste Vanmour, ca. 1720 - ca. 1737 painting · lifted from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| also in the bag: |
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Officieren en andere schutters van wijk XVIII in Amsterdam onder leiding van... Govert Flinck (signed by artist), 1645 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Mrs. William Mather Smith (Helen Livingston) Unidentified, 1821 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Volkhart-Voice Max Volkhart, 1907 · Wikimedia Commons |
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Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees Joris Hoefnagel, c.1575/1590s · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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Cartouche Decorated with Swags and Sprays of Flowers Jan Philip van Thielen, 1665 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| The Line |
| "Whoever expects punishment already suffers it, and whoever has deserved it expects it. I do not believe that the most seared conscience could have counterfeited so great an assurance." |
| Essays, Montaigne |
| From the Vault |
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Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus greatest wild animal show in the world, 1900-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Malacca, Malaysia |
| Malacca City is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is the oldest Malaysian city on the Strait of Malacca, having become a successful entrepôt in the era of the Malacca Sultanate. Lay low here. |
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