Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft
6 days ago
- #Art Theft
- #Boston Mafia
- #Unsolved Crime
- On March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two men posing as police officers.
- The stolen artworks include masterpieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas, and Manet, with an estimated value of hundreds of millions of dollars.
- The museum offers a $10 million reward for information leading to the recovery of the stolen art, the largest bounty ever offered by a private institution.
- The FBI believes the robbery was planned by a criminal organization, with focus on the Boston Mafia, but no arrests have been made.
- Key suspects include members of the Merlino gang, Robert Guarente, Robert Gentile, and Bobby Donati, though all leads have proven inconclusive.
- The empty frames of the stolen artworks remain hanging in the museum as placeholders for their potential return, in accordance with Isabella Stewart Gardner's will.
- Despite numerous investigations, undercover operations, and tips, the whereabouts of the stolen art remain unknown, making it the largest unsolved art heist in history.