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Charney, Noah.
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Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece.
Art thefts -- Belgium -- Ghent.
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Stealing the Mystic ...
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Stealing the Mystic Lamb : the true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece / Noah Charney.
by
Charney, Noah.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.
Subjects
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece.
Art thefts -- Belgium -- Ghent.
ISBN:
9781586488000 (alk. paper)
1586488007 (alk. paper)
Description:
xiv, 318 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
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?
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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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Hawaii Kai Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
759.9493 Ch
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
759.9493 Eyck Ch
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Kapolei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
759.9493 Ch
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05/11/2024
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Lihue Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
759.9493 Ch
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