A Netflix four-part documentary is shining a light on the unsolved infamous half a billion dollar heist of artwork from a Boston museum.
This is a Robbery recounts the story of the world s biggest art theft, which saw 13 paintings, estimated to be worth $500million, taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on 18 March 1990.
Two thieves disguised as Boston police officers talked their way into the museum at 1:20am, handcuffed and blindfolded security with duct tape before snatching Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt’s only seascape - and The Concert, by Johannes Vermeer – which is valued at $250 million, and remains the most valuable stolen object in the world.
Just after 1 am on St Patrick’s Day, 1990, two men in fake moustaches posing as police con their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 81 minutes later, 13 treasures disappear into the night.
Offbeat by Chris Calcino
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