How did the thieves steal the paintings?
In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as cops arrived at the side entrance of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The men told the guard that they were investigating a disturbance and were let inside. The thieves then bound the guard and his partner, and for more than an hour, they robbed the galleries. What did the thieves take from the museum? The men stole 13 artworks including five Degas, three Rembrandts, and a Vermeer. It is the world’s largest art theft. It is believed to be the biggest burglary in American history. The thieves stole Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, the Old Master’s only seascape. The robbers also swiped Vermeer’s The Concert, one of only 36 paintings by the Dutch artist. The missing masterpieces are the Holy Grail of the art world, and some believe that the paintings might be worth as much as $500 million dollars. That’s half a billion dollars. The Gardner museum has long offered a $5 million reward for their retur
