Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Story of Notorious Art Heists
Anthony M Amore, Tom Mashberg
Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Story of Notorious Art Heists
Art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion dollars in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. In Stealing Rembrandts, authors Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major art heists of the Dutch Master in the last century. Through thefts around the world — from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio — the authors track daring entries into, and escapes from, the world's most renowned museums, and robbers who coolly walk off with multi-million dollar paintings.
2.8 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Non-fiction |
| Genre |
Art, Architecture & Photography |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
272 |
| RRP |
£15.99 |
| Date of Publication |
July 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0230108530 |
| Publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan |
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Art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion dollars in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. In Stealing Rembrandts, authors Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major art heists of the Dutch Master in the last century. Through thefts around the world — from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio — the authors track daring entries into, and escapes from, the world's most renowned museums, and robbers who coolly walk off with multi-million dollar paintings.
Reviews
The Spectator
Sarah Burton
"Amore and Mashberg intersperse their account of Rembrandt thefts with an appreciation of the artist’s life, noting that criminals and underclass figures feature in his work — but to what end, other than ironic, is unclear."
27/08/2011
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The Sunday Times
James McConnachie
"… an enjoyable but somewhat breathless dash through some of the world’s more notorious art heists … Tom Mashberg and Anthony M Amore are authoritative guides to this sordid underworld … It is a pity, then, that their book is so cartoonish."
31/07/2011
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