| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| September 26, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson) |
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Gilbert Stuart, c. 1804 oil on wood · lifted from National Gallery of Art, Washington |
| also in the bag: |
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Shaving Horse Clarence W. Dawson, c. 1938 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
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Portrait of Lysbeth van Duvenvoirde anoniem, ca. 1430 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Yue ware vessel in the shape of a chimera (bixie) Unknown, 5th century · the National Museum of Asian Art |
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Switzerland. Grindelwald, Upper Glacier, Source of the Lutschine Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877), 1875–77 · The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Three Walla Walla Indians George Catlin, 1855/1869 · National Gallery of Art, Washington |
| The Line |
| "Something about, a little from the right, In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Who dares not stir by day must walk by night." |
| King John, Shakespeare |
| From the Vault |
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WPA women painters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, 1936-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Matera, Italy |
| Matera is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous occupation dating back to prehistory, it is renowned for its rock-cut urban core, whose twin cliffside zones are known collectively as the Sassi. Lay low here. |
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