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Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece Noah Charney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: PublicAffairs, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 318 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.); 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781586488000 (alk. paper)
  • 1586488007 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • True story of the world's most coveted masterpiece
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.9493 22
LOC classification:
  • ND673.E87 A63 2010
Contents:
The mysteries of the masterpiece -- The magician in the red turban -- The burning of the Lamb -- Thieves of revolution and empire -- Illicit collectors' paradise -- The canon hides the Lamb -- Thieves in the cathedral -- The world's greatest treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Hidden in plain sight?
Summary: Presents a history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"--which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, smuggled, hunted by the Nazis, and stolen thirteen times.
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Books Books JST Library General Stacks ND<br>Painting ND 673.E87 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 101953
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.

The mysteries of the masterpiece -- The magician in the red turban -- The burning of the Lamb -- Thieves of revolution and empire -- Illicit collectors' paradise -- The canon hides the Lamb -- Thieves in the cathedral -- The world's greatest treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Hidden in plain sight?

Presents a history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"--which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, smuggled, hunted by the Nazis, and stolen thirteen times.

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