11/15/05
FBI
ANNOUNCES TOP TEN ART CRIMES
BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE ARTWORKS
BELOW
DESCRIPTION
- 7,000-10,000
looted and stolen Iraqi
artifacts, 2003
- 12
paintings from the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum theft,
1990
- 2
Renoirs and 1 Rembrandt stolen from
Sweden's National Museum, 2000
(Recovered)
- Munch's The
Scream and The Madonna from
the Munch Museum in Oslo, 2004
- Benevenuto
Cellini Salt Cellar from
Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum,
2003
- Caravaggio's Nativity
with San Lorenzo and San Francesco from
Palermo, 1969
- Davidoff-Morini
Stradivarius violin from
a New York apartment, 1995
- Two
Van Gogh paintings from Amsterdam's
Vincent Van Gogh Museum, 2002
- Cezanne's View
of Auvers-sur-Oise from
Oxford's Ashmolean Museum,
1999
- Da
Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder from
Scotland's Drumlanrig Castle,
2003
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| Remarks: As
a result of analysis the new FBI
Art Crime Team has identified the
TEN TOP ART CRIMES. We ask your help
in bringing these masterworks to
light by contributing any information
on the circumstances of the crime
or the whereabouts of the stolen
works of art. In this way we ask
your help in bringing the thieves
to justice. |
IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE
WORKS OF ART OR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THESE
CRIMES, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
FIELD OFFICE, NEAREST U.S.
EMBASSY OR CONSULATE, OR SUBMIT
A TIP ONLINE.
Resources: National Press Release | Art Theft Program website
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