The Concert by Johannes Vermeer Oil on canvas, Circa - 1658–1660
Stolen 30 years ago from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA which suffered the largest art heist in history. The crime remains unsolved.
Stolen from: The Dutch Room. The painting was lifted from its easel and removed whole from its frame.
Significance: This is a masterpiece for many reasons. First, only 34 Vermeers are believed to exist. Second, Vermeer was a master of light and mystery. “There’s an element of complexity that all great works of art have,” Chong says. “You can pick out the technicalities—we know the light falls from the left and that people singing and playing music is a traditional Dutch theme, but all those facts don’t add up to this painting.”
Worth noting: The painting on the right in this scene depicts a real work, The Procuress, by Dirck van Baburen, which Vermeer’s wealthy mother-in-law once owned—and which now, astonishingly, hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Concert by Johannes Vermeer Oil on canvas, Circa - 1658–1660
Stolen 30 years ago from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA which suffered the largest art heist in history. The crime remains unsolved.
Stolen from: The Dutch Room. The painting was lifted from its easel and removed whole from its frame.
Significance: This is a masterpiece for many reasons. First, only 34 Vermeers are believed to exist. Second, Vermeer was a master of light and mystery. “There’s an element of complexity that all great works of art have,” Chong says. “You can pick out the technicalities—we know the light falls from the left and that people singing and playing music is a traditional Dutch theme, but all those facts don’t add up to this painting.”
Worth noting: The painting on the right in this scene depicts a real work, The Procuress, by Dirck van Baburen, which Vermeer’s wealthy mother-in-law once owned—and which now, astonishingly, hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston