Mysterious heist of famous portrait solved 70 years later — and it was all for curtains
The painting’s disappearance from its UK estate wasn’t noticed until six years later when a duchess saw it on display at a ...
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Artwork by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck was stolen from a stately home 70 years ago – because the thief wanted ...
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Art has always been a curator and collector’s first love. Be it the old and ancient paintings created by art masters years ago, or more modern and contemporary art that would look great on a mansion’s ...
Guilty pleas for stealing Winston Churchill portrait from Ottawa hotel
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Mysterious heist of famous portrait solved 70 years later — and the motive was curtains
In 1954, Portrait of Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz ... “I feel sure that it never belonged to the famous set in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch,” he said in a letter to Sir Alec ...