The Rescue Artist

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Aasheim, William, 234

Action New Life, Norway, 22

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 116

Amin, Idi, 143

Andreotti, Giulio, 153, 154

Anti-abortion group, suspected involvement of, in theft of

The Scream, 21-24

Anxiety (Munch), 80

Arafat, Yasser, 119

Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer (Rembrandt), 131

Arkan, Serbian gangster, 156

Art

determining authenticity of Munch’s, 87-88, 223-24

forgeries, 146-49, 171-73

high prices in, 129-32

insurance on, 27-29, 63

as investment, 129-30

stolen (see Art crime; Stolen art)

Art collectors

hidden identity of, 137-38

Japanese, 48, 129, 137

motivations of, 134-36

speculation about art thefts commissioned by, 72, 133-34, 138

thieves as, 144-45, 150-51

Art crime, 11-16. See also Art thieves and crooks; Stolen art

amateurs and bunglers

involved in, 139, 140-42

appeal of, to thieves, 16

gangsters involved in, 139, 152-56

high prices of art linked to, 131-32, 139-40

C. Hill on, as “farce,” 121

as “kudos” crime, 215

laws on, 25

as opportunism, 15-16

recovery rate in, 1, 13-14

simple techniques of, 14-15

speculation on art collectors willing to commission, 72, 133-34, 138, 143, 145-49, 189

statistics on extent of, 11-12

violence associated with, 57-58, 123, 124, 154, 155

Art Loss Register art recovery company, 237

Art market, 128-32

high prices in, 129-32

investment aspect of, 129-30

for stolen-and-recovered paintings, 130-31

unregulated nature of, 128-29

Art News (U.S. magazine), 149

Art Squad (Scotland Yard), 24

campaign by, for permission

to recover The Scream, 46-47

sting set up by, and recovery of Munch’s The Scream, 48-49, 78-88. See also The Scream (Munch), 1994 theft and recovery of

work of, and problems facing, 25-33

Art Theft and Forgery Investigations: The Complete Field Manual (Spiel), 149

Art thieves and crooks, 139, 140-42

amateurs and bunglers as, 139, 140-42

S. Breitwieser, 144-45

M. Cahill as, 56-60, 63-64, 67, 68, 70, 77, 122, 126, 127

categories of, 139

as collectors, 144-45, 150-51

A. Daisley as, 140-41

D. Duddin, 185-96

R. Dugdale as, 123-26

efficiency of, 14-15

P. Enger as, 160-62, 234-35

financial issues and, 131-32, 139-40

gangsters as, 139, 152-56

motives of, 29-32

as opportunists, 15

V. Perugia as, 146-49

P. Scott as, 215-16

A. Worth as, 150-51

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,

Great Britain, 13, 133

The Astronomer (Vermeer), 12n

Bailey, Anthony, 62

Ball at the Moulin de la Galette (Renoir), 48, 137

Bath, Marquess of, 236

Beit, Alfred, Sir, 59, 60, 63, 122, 125. See also Russborough House, Ireland, art thefts from

Beit, Clementine Freeman-Mitford, Lady, 59, 63, 122-23, 125

Belgium, recovery of Vermeer painting in, 69, 70-77 Bellotto, Bernardo, 126

View of Florence, 126-27

Berenson, Bernard, 134

Berg, Knut, director, Norway’s

National Gallery, 8-9, 18, 93, 233

Berman, Charley (C. Hill alias), 65, 68

Berntsen, Geir, 7

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, England, 140-41

Bishop, Tom (FBI pseudonym), 68

Bok, Sissela, 115-16

Bouquet of Peonies (Manet), 13

Boy with a Pipe (The Young Apprentice) (Picasso), 132, 137

Breitwieser, Stéphane, art thefts perpetrated by, 144-45

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter, 104

theft of Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by, 141-42, 181-84

Brueghel the Younger, Pieter, 104

Buccleuch, Duke of, 29

Bunton, Kempton, 188

Burge, Christopher, 131

Butler, John (head of Art Squad), 29, 32, 233

campaign by, for permission to recover The Scream,46-47

role in sting to recover The Scream, 51-53, 109, 114-15, 197, 198-99, 205-6

By the Deathbed (Munch), 80

Cahill, Martin “The General,” 1986 theft of Vermeer painting and other artwork by, 56-60, 63-64, 67, 68, 70, 77, 122, 126, 127

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisida), 153-54

Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence, 153

The Caravaggio Conspiracy (Watson), 154n

Cellini, Benvenuto, 12, 239

Cézanne, Paul, 13, 133

Chaffinch, Lynne, 155

Chaudron, Yves, 146-48

Le Chemin de Sèvres (Corot), 16

Chevalier, Tracy, 60

Chez Tortoni (Manet), 14, 240

Cholmondeley, Lord, 239

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel), 104

theft and recovery of, 141-42

Christie’s auction house, 131

Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889 (Ensor), 82, 112

Church of San Lorenzo,

Palermo, Italy, 153

Codex Leicester, 136n

Command for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Italy, 152-53

Concerned Criminals, 59

The Concert (Vermeer), 12, 14, 62, 240

Conforti, Roberto, 153

Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille, Le Chemin de Sèvres, 16

Counterfeit Currency Squad,

Great Britain, 211

Counterfeit money case,

Charley Hill’s undercover work on, 210-13

Courtauld Institute Galleries,

London, theft of Bruegel’s

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery from, 141-42, 181-84

Coyle, Tommy, 65-67

Cranach the Elder, Lucas, 155

Ill-Matched Lovers, 155

theft of Sybille of Cleves by, 144-45

Czech Republic, 155, 178

Dagbladet (Norwegian newspaper), 17, 95-96, 162

Daisley, Anthony, theft of

Wallis’s Death of Chatterton by, 140-41

Dalrymple, Mark, 139-40, 175, 179

The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa (Reit), 146

Death of Chatterton (Wallis), 141

Death Struggle (Munch), 80

Decker, Karl, 148-49

Degas, Edgar, 14

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (Picasso), 132

Despair (Munch), 80, 86

Diamonds, stolen, 67, 70

Dr. No, imagined wealthy art collector willing to commission art thefts, 72, 133-34, 136, 138, 143, 145-49

Doescher, Russell, 85n Donovan, James, 57-58

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 151

Drugs, smuggling and selling illicit, 30, 31, 70

Duddin, David, 185-96

on lessons applied to art crime, 191-92

on market for stolen art, 189-90

on stolen Rembrandt, 192-96

Duddin, Mary, 187, 188, 191, 196

Dugdale, Rose, art thefts

committed by, 123-26

Dürer, Albrecht, 78

Duveen, Joseph, 135

Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 60

Ellis, Dick (Art Squad detective), 26, 175-76

on Art Squad stings to recover art, 47, 48

work on sting to recover The Scream, 52-53, 91, 107-8

Enger, Pal, 243

art thefts perpetrated by, 160-62

theft of The Scream and role of, 234, 235

Ensor, James, Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889, 82, 112

d’Estrées, Marshall, 136

Europol, 32

Expressionism, 112

Farr, Dennis, 142

on observing Charley Hill

working undercover, 181-84

Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI), U.S., 239, 240

Feigen, Richard, 135

Feliciano, Hector, 152n Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 105

Fogelberg, Christer, 114-15

Foley, Martin, 122

Foster, Elizabeth, 150

Francis I, King of France, 12n Freud, Sigmund, 81

Frick, Henry, 135

The Frieze of Life (Munch), 86

Gainsborough, Thomas, 150

Madam Baccelli: Dancer (Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126

Gangsters involved in art crime, 139, 152-56

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 28

Gardner Museum, Boston,

USA, 14-15, 28, 240, 244

Gates, Bill, 136n

Gauguin, Paul, 18

Georgiana, Duke of

Devonshire, 150-51

Getty, J. Paul, 50, 134

Getty Museum, California, 50-51, 135

Charley Hill’s cover as

representative of, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

Girl Before a Mirror (Picasso), 132

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Red Hat (Vermeer), 61

Gombrich, E. H., 60

A Good Story (Walle), 8

Goya, Francisco de, 18, 63, 77, 79, 136-37, 187

Portrait of Dona AntoniaZarate, 76, 123, 126

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, 136-37, 187-88

Grey, Charles, 210

Grytdal (“Psycho”), role in theft of The Scream, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31, 234, 235

Guardi, Francesco, 64, 77

Guernica (Picasso), 132

The Guitar Player (Vermeer), 12, theft of, 124-26

Gutenberg Bibles, 134

Harwood, Billy, 47-48, 91-92

Hatred (Munch), 82

Hawkwood, John, Sir, 37

Head of a Girl (Vermeer), 62

Hearst, William Randolph, 134

Henry VIII, King of England, 144, 192

Hill, Charley, 1, 34-42

anti-gun bias of, 179-80

close calls while doing

undercover work, 210-13

on corrupt cops, 104

departure from police to become detective-for-hire, 235-40

family of, 35, 38-40

D. Farr on observing Hill working undercover, 181-84

investigation of Parmigianino artwork by, 167-73

as London police officer, 45

his love of art, 41-42, 45

mission and motives of, 214-16

personality and character of, 36-38, 45-46, 71, 92, 99, 104-6, 175, 176

his philosophical approach to

lying, 115-16

on police attitudes toward art crime, 26

“prop traps” used by, 163-66

recovery of Vermeer painting by, 65-77

relationship of, with crooks and informants, 101-4, 185-96

Scream recovery sting and role of, 32-33, 53-55, 78-88, 91-92, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-32

on speculation about art collectors who commission art thefts, 138

spoken-language accent of, 23-25, 176

undercover role as Getty

Museum representative, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

undercover work of, prior to Scream sting, 35, 65-77, 142, 167-84, 210-13

uses of American and British

mannerisms and vernacular

language by, 54-55, 176-77, 184

Vietnam military service, 40-41, 106, 170-71

wife Caro, 104-5, 213

Hill, Jim, 145-46

Hill, Landon (Charley Hill’s father) 38, 39, 40

Hiscox, Robert, 136

Hitler, Adolf, 12n

Holbein, Hans, 144

Hopper, Edward, 80

Hughes, Robert, 129, 135

Hultgreen, Gunnar, 95-96

Ill-Matched Lovers (Cranach), 155

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 147

Insurance on art, 27-29, 63

Interpol, 11, 32

Irises (van Gogh), 48

Irish Republican Army (IRA), 123, 124

Italy, 25

extent of art theft in, 11-12

gangsters involved in art

crimes in, 152-54

Japan, 25

Japanese art buyers, 48, 129, 137

Johnsen, Tor, role in theft and sting to recover The Scream, 94, 95, 98-99

first meeting with Charley Hill, 107, 109-12

C. Hill’s “prop trap” left for, 163-66

meetings with Hill, Ulving, and “Psycho” Grytdal, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31

money exchange and, 117-18

Plaza Hotel meetings with E. Ulving and C. Hill, 113-20

trial for theft of The Scream and death of, 234, 235

Johnson, Paul, 61

Keller, Steven, 15

Kelly, Richard, 68

Kenwood House, London, art theft at, 124

King and Queen (Moore), 103

Kittler, Czech thief, 155

Knudsen, BØrre, 22-23

Koplowitz, Esther, 237

Krakatoa volcanic eruption, 84-85

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, 12

Lacemaker (Vermeer), 62

Lady Playing a Guitar (Vermeer), 60

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid (Vermeer), 12, 126, 246n

theft and recovery of, 59-60, 63-77, 122

Larsen, Tulla, 82

Lefevre Gallery, London, 31

Leonardo da Vinci, 136n

Madonna of the Rocks, 78

Madonna of the Yamwinder, 12, 13, 29, 239

Lier, Leif, 23, 94, 162, 210, 231, 235, 243

Light and Colour (Turner), 155

Lives of the Artists (Vasari), 168

The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World’s Greatest Works of Art (Feliciano), 152n

Louvre, Paris, France, 16

Lying, C. Hill’s approach to undercover work and, 115-16

Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Bok), 115-16

McGarrick, Gerry, 68, 69

Macintyre, Ben, 137, 150

Madam Baccelli: Dancer (Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126

Madonna (Munch), 242, 244

Madonna of the Pinks (Raphael), 135

Madonna of the Rocks (Leonardo da Vinci), 78

Madonna of the Yamwinder (Leonardo da Vinci), 12, 13, 29, 239

Mafia, possible involvement in art crimes, 153, 154

Manet, Edouard, 14, 240

Bouquet of Peonies, 13

Chez Tortoni, 14, 240

Mannoia, Francesco Marino, 153-54

Man Writing a Letter (Metsu), 77

Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens), 129-30, 137

Mellon, Andrew, 135

Messina, Antonello da, 154

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 131, 143

Metsu, Gabriel, 69, 77, 244

Man Writing a Letter, 77

Woman Reading a Letter (Metsu), 69, 244

Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci), forgeries and claimed theft of, 146-49

Moore, Henry, King and Queen (Moore), 103

Morgan, J. E, 134, 135, 136, 150

Morgan, Junius Spencer, 150

Mulvihill, Niall, 72-77

Munch, Edvard, 1, 6

Anxiety by, 80

By the Deathbed by, 80

Death Struggle by, 80

Despair by, 80, 86

Frieze of Life by, 86

Hatred by, 82

C. Hill’s study of, 78-79, 82, 87-88

life and work of, 79-82, 83-87

Madonna by, 242, 244

Portrait of the Painter Jensen-Hjell by, 83

The Scream (see The Scream, Munch, theft of)

The Sick Child by, 80, 83

Study for a Portrait (Munch), 19

The Vampire by, 18-19, 160-61, 234

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway, art thefts from, 18-19, 160, 241-43

Museum for Contemporary Art, Norway, 243

Museum of the Missing (missing artwork), 13

Napoleon of Crime (Macintyre), 150

National Fine Arts Museum, Paraguay, 13

National Gallery, Great Britain, 15, 27, 135n

National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 243

art thefts from, 18, 19

press conference announcing return of The Scream, 233

security mistakes of, 9, 11

theft of The Scream from. See The Scream (Munch), 1994 theft of

National Gallery of Ireland, 60

National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy, 13

Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (Caravaggio), 153

Nazis, art thefts perpetrated by, 12n, 152n

Nessa, Ludvig, 22-23

New Yorker (U.S. magazine), 149

New York Times (U.S. newspaper), 131, 149

Nicholas, Lynn, 152n

Norway, criminal gangs in, 160-62

Norwegian police investigation of The Scream theft, 19-20, 32, 94, 159-62, 198-99, 203-4, 210, 229-31

presence of, at Plaza Hotel where C. Hill and thieves met, 113-15, 118-20, 164-65

E. Ulving stopped by traffic police, 197-98

Olson, Don, 85n

Olson, Marilyn, 85n

Olympic Winter Games (1994), Norway, 7-8, 18, 159

Organized crime involved in art thefts, 152-56

Oslo Accords, 119

Oudry, Jean-Baptiste, 239

White Duck, 239

Parmigianino, C. Hill’s investigation of thefts of works by, 167-73

Paradise Lost (John Milton), 134

Pembroke, Earl of, 192, 193

Perugia, Vincenzo, art theft

perpetrated by, 146-49

Picasso, Pablo, 31, 215

Boy with a Pipe (The Young Apprentice), 132, 137

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 132

Girl Before a Mirror, 132

Tête de Femme (Picasso), 215

Plahter, Lief, 96, 233

Poe, Edgar Allan, 46

Police. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard); Norwegian police

disdainful attitude of, toward art crimes, 26-27, 29, 237

C. Hill on corrupt, 104

Portrait of a Dominican Monk (Rubens), 69, 127

Portrait of Dr. Gachet (van Gogh), 48, 131, 137

Portrait of Dona Antonia Zarate (Goya), 76, 123, 126

Portrait of the Artist Without His Beard (van Gogh), 137

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (Goya), 136-37, 187-88

Portrait of the Painter Jensen-Hjell (Munch), 83

Price, Albert, 125

Price, Dolours, 124, 125

Price, Marion, 124, 125

Priests, anti-abortion, suspected in art theft, 22-24

The Procuress (Vermeer), 61

Prop trap, Charley Hill’s undercover, 163-66

Rabin, Yitzhak, 119

Raging Hormones (Walle), 8

Rape of Europa (book by Nicholas) 152n

Rape of Europa (painting by Titian), 14

Raphael (Sanzio), Madonna of the Pinks (Raphael), 135

Regional Crime Squad, Great

Britain, 211

Reit, Seymour, 146-49

Rembrandt van Ryn, 14, 18, 31, 78, 131, 240

D. Duddin on stolen painting by, 192-96

Sacrifice of Isaac, 78

Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 240

Renoir, Pierre Auguste, 131

Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, 48, 137

Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Titian), 236-37

Reynolds, Joshua, 64

Roberts, Christopher Charles (Hill alias), 53-54, 71, 72, 78, 91, 107, 117. See also

Hill, Charley

Rocky, undercover detective, 175-76

Rubens, Peter Paul, 63, 69, 127

Massacre of the Innocents, 129-30, 137

Portrait of a Dominican Monk, 69, 127

Russborough House, Ireland, art thefts from, 59-60, 63-69, 77, 121-27, 186

M. Cahill’s theft and recovery of Lady ’Writing a Letter with her Maid from, 59-60, 63-77, 122

Dugdale raid and theft at, 123-26 thefts between 1986 and 2002, 126-27

Russell, Tom, 102-4

Sack, Harold, 130

Sacrifice of Isaac (Rembrandt), 78

Saito, Ryoei, 137

Sargent, John Singer, 28

Sassoon, Donald, 149

Sazonoff, Jonathan, 144n

Scotland Yard detectives, 24. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard)

Scott, Peter, burglar, 215-16

The Scream (Munch), 80, 82

delicate condition of, 22

determining authenticity of, 87-88, 223-24

first exhibition of, 84

Krakatoa eruption and, 84-85

in popular culture, 85-86

Spring Evening on Karl Johan Street by, 81

Still Life by, 82

theft of one of four versions of, in 2004, 241-44

The Scream (Munch), 1994 theft and recovery of, 5-10, 17-20, 237

Art Squad and C. Hill

prepare sting to recover, 32-33, 48-49, 53-55, 78-88

frame of, 95-96, 97

C. Hill as undercover agent in, and interactions with thieves, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-27

luring thieves of, from hiding, 91-106

Norwegian police investigation of, 19-20, 32, 94, 159-62, 198-99, 203-4, 210, 229-31

public reaction to, 20, 21

return of, to National Gallery, 233-34

role of T. Johnsen in (see Johnsen, Tor)

role of National Gallery’s J.K.

Thune in recovery, 93-94, 107

role of E. Ulving in (see Ulving, Einar-Tore)

security problems leading to, 9, 11

suspicions about P. Enger as thief of The Scream, 161-62

taunting card left by thieves, 8, 17

thieves’ fee for return of The Scream, 115

timing of theft, coinciding

with Olympics, 7-8, 17, 159

tips to police about, 21-24, 91-92, 95-96

S. Walker as undercover agent in, 108-11, 117-18, 165, 205, 217-19, 229-31

Security mistakes and art theft, 9, 11, 15

Serious and Organised Crime Unit (Scotland Yard), 26. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard)

Shade and Darkness (Turner), 155

Shakespeare, William, 136

The Sick Child (Munch), 80, 83

The Silent Scream (anti-abortion film), 23

Skater (Portrait of William Grant) (Stuart), 78

Smith, Adam, 137

Smith, John, 239

Sorensen, Gunnar, 242-43

Spiel, Robert, 149

Spring Evening on Karl Johan Street (Munch), 81

Still Life (Munch), 82

Stolen art

financial aspects of, 139-40

insurance and, 27-29, 63

organized crime and, 152-56

ransom for, 32, 50

recovery rate, 1, 13-14

rewards offered for, 21-22

speculation about thefts

commissioned by art

collectors, 72, 133-34, 143, 145-49, 189

Storm on the Sea of Galilee (Rembrandt), 240

Storr, Paul, 195

Strictly Private (Marquess of Bath), 236

Stuart, Gilbert, Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 78

Study for a Portrait (Munch), 19

Sunflowers (van Gogh), 129

Sybille of Cleves (Cranach), 144-45

Tate Gallery, London, 27, 155-56

Tate Modern Museum, London, 15

Tête de Femme (Picasso), 215

Thieves. See Art thieves and crooks

Thoré, Théophile, 61, 246n

Thune, Jens Kristian, direction, Norway’s National Gallery, 93-94

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Rape of Europa, 14

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 236-37

Trace art recovery company, 237, 238

Trump, Donald, 137

Turner, Frederick Jackson

Light and Colour, 155

Shade and Darkness, 155

Turow, Scott, 99

Tveita Gang, Norway, 160-62

Ulving, Einar-Tore, role in theft/recovery of The Scream, 94-95, 97-99

C. Hills “prop trap” left for, 163-66

C. Hill’s suspicions of, 98-99

first meetings with C. Hill, 107-12

leads C. Hill to The Scream, 220-26

meetings with T. Johnsen, C. Hill and “Psycho,” 203-5, 217-19

painting hidden in

summerhouse of, 207-9

Plaza hotel meetings with T. Johnsen and C. Hill, 113-20

stopped by traffic police, 197-98

trial for theft of The Scream and, 234, 235

United States

poor security at art museums in, 15

theft insurance in, 27

Valfierno, Eduardo de, 146-48

The Vampire (Munch), 18-19

theft of, 160-61, 234

van Gogh, Vincent, 13, 48, 129

Irises, 48

Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 48, 131, 137

Portrait of the Artist Without His Beard, 137

Sunflowers, 129

Van Ruysdael, Salomon, 64

Velázquez, Diego, 63

Verdens Gang (Norwegian newspaper), 10

Vermeer, Johannes, 12

The Astronomer, 12n

The Concert, 12, 14, 62, 240

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 61

Girl with a Pearl Earring, 61

Girl with a Red Hat, 61

The Guitar Player 12, 124-26

Head of a Girl, 62

Lacemaker, 62

Lady Playing a Guitar, 60

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, 12, 59-60, 63-77, 122, 126, 246n

life and art of, 60-63

The Procuress, 61

Woman with a Pearl Necklace, 62

Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, 62

Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, 62

Vestier, Antoine, 77

View of Florence (Bellotto), 126-27

Violence associated with art crimes, 57-58, 123, 124, 154, 155

Walker, Sid

role in sting to recover The Scream, 108-11, 117-18, 165, 205, 217-19, 229-31

undercover investigations by, 168, 169, 213

Walle, Marit, 8

Wallis, Henry, 140-41

Death of Chatterton, 141

Watson, Peter, The Caravaggio Conspiracy (Watson), 154n

White Duck (Oudry), 239

Widdrington Hill, Zita (Charley

Hill’s mother), 38-39

Williams, Paul, 67

Wilson, Peter, 129

Wilton House, England, Rembrandt painting stolen from, 192

Woman Reading a Letter (Metsu), 69, 244

Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vermeer), 62

Worth, Adam, art thefts perpetrated by, 150-151

Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company, 129

Young Woman Seated at a Virginal (Vermeer), 62

Young Woman Standing at a Virginal (Vermeer), 62