DESPITE THE DECADES OF SEARCHING, INVESTIGATORS REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT THOSE ARTWORKS OR ART PIECES STOLEN FROM HERE AT THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM WILL BE RETURNED. 13 PRECIOUS PIECES OF ART, INCLUDING REMBRANDT’S ONLY SEASCAPE, WERE STOLEN FROM THE MUSEUM ON MARCH 18TH, 1990. THE INTENSIVE SEARCH HAS LED INVESTIGATORS MANY PLACES, BUT DECADES LATER, INVESTIGATORS AND CONSERVATORS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR RETURN. WE DO DREAM OF THAT DAY BECAUSE, AS I’VE SAID, THIS WHOLE ROOM NEEDS TO BE RESTORED, AND THAT IS THE PART OF IT. WE DEVELOPED A PLAN YEARS AGO FOR EVERY STEP OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT, EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR EVERY EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR US TO DO, FROM HOW THEY WOULD GET HERE TO HOW WE WOULD SPEAK TO YOU, TO HOW THE TEAM WOULD REPAIR THEM. THERE’S A $10 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING INVESTIGATORS DIRECTLY TO THE MISSING ART. THAT REWARD CAN BE PRORATED PER PIECE. THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AND CHIEF INVESTIGATOR OF THE MUSEUM SAYS HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING ANYONE. HE JUST WANTS THE RETURN OF THE STOLEN WORKS. YOU CAN FIN
Advertisement
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston still seeks 13 masterpieces 36 years after heist
Wednesday marks the 36th anniversary of the theft of 13 precious art pieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, including Rembrandt’s only seascape, in one of the biggest heists in history.Despite decades of searching, the crime remains unsolved, but officials remain confident that the stolen pieces will eventually be returned. The intensive search has led investigators to many places, but investigators and museum conservators are still waiting for the pieces’ return.”We do dream of that day because I said this whole room needs to be restored, and that is part of it,” said Holly Salmon, director of conservation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.”We developed a plan years ago, for every step of the recovery effort, exactly what we would do for every everything that would be required for us to do — from how they would get here to how we would speak to you, to how the team would repair them,” said Anthony Amore, director of security and chief investigator at the museum. There is a $10 million reward for information leading investigators directly to the missing art, which can be prorated per piece.”It’s incredibly rare for a stolen painting, especially a masterpiece, be destroyed. The last time a Rembrandt was destroyed was in the 1930s, and there have been 80 thefts since then without any being destroyed,” Amore said.Amore said he is not interested in prosecuting anyone; he just wants the return of the stolen works.Do you have information about the missing masterpieces? To submit a tip, click here or call 617-278-5114.
Wednesday marks the 36th anniversary of the theft of 13 precious art pieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, including Rembrandt’s only seascape, in one of the biggest heists in history.
Despite decades of searching, the crime remains unsolved, but officials remain confident that the stolen pieces will eventually be returned. The intensive search has led investigators to many places, but investigators and museum conservators are still waiting for the pieces’ return.
Advertisement
“We do dream of that day because I said this whole room needs to be restored, and that is part of it,” said Holly Salmon, director of conservation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
“We developed a plan years ago, for every step of the recovery effort, exactly what we would do for every everything that would be required for us to do — from how they would get here to how we would speak to you, to how the team would repair them,” said Anthony Amore, director of security and chief investigator at the museum.
There is a $10 million reward for information leading investigators directly to the missing art, which can be prorated per piece.
“It’s incredibly rare for a stolen painting, especially a masterpiece, be destroyed. The last time a Rembrandt was destroyed was in the 1930s, and there have been 80 thefts since then without any being destroyed,” Amore said.
Amore said he is not interested in prosecuting anyone; he just wants the return of the stolen works.
Do you have information about the missing masterpieces?
To submit a tip, click here or call 617-278-5114.
