Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part One)

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Art Museum. Today this remains the world’s largest unsolved art robbery.

Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888
John Lowell (Jack) Gardner, Jr.
Bernard Berenson in his Italian Villa
Botticelli, The tragedy of Lucretia
Rembrandt, Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt, self portrait, damaged but not stolen
Titian, Rape of Europa
Jan Vermeer, The Concert
Manet, Chez Tortoni
Rembrandt, A Man and a Woman in Black
Flinck, Landscape with Obelisk
John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888

Gardner Museum, Central Courtyard

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part Two)

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today this remain’s the world largest unsolved art robbery.

Gardner Museum security guard Rick Abath
Myles Connor, later in life
William Youngworth III, late 90’s
Robert “Bobby” Donati, early in his criminal career
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1907
Gardner Museum, 1920
Robert Gentile
Gentile attorney Ryan McGuigan
One of the three FBI searches of Gentile’s Connecticut property
Recent photo of the original Gardner building
Gardner Museum addition completed in 2012
John Singer Sargent, 1922 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Gardner family mausoleum, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Book and Music Information)

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“Mrs. Jack,” by Louise Hall-Tharp

“Master Thieves,” by Stephen Kurkjian

“The Gardner Heist,” by Ulrich Boser

The music used during the podcast included:

Episode one and two intro: “Good Gig in the Clouds,” by Joel Cummins

Episode one and two outro: “Luna Misteriosa,” by Luna Cantina