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Rembrandt portrait theft

Title
Rembrandt portrait theft
Genre
Interview
TX Date
29 May 1983
Year of production
1983
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Duration
00:02:07
Description
Interview with Detective Chief Inspector Paul Barnes about the theft of Rembrandt’s portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III from Dulwich College picture gallery. Female reporter not identified. (The painting remained missing for 3 years, eventually being found on 08/10/86 at a train station in Munster, Germany).
Contributors
Paul Barnes
Keywords
London; Crime; Artists; Paintings; Robbery; Theft of works of art; Rembrandt; Dulwich College

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