1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery
The 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery, sometimes called the Skylight Caper, took place very early in the morning of September 4 of that year. Three armed robbers used a skylight under repair to gain entry to the museum from its roof, tied up the three guards on duty, and left on foot with 18 paintings, including a rare Rembrandt landscape and works by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Corot, Delacroix, Rubens, and Thomas Gainsborough, as well as some figurines and jewellery. One of the Brueghels was returned by the thieves as an initiative to start ransom negotiations. None of the other paintings has ever been recovered and the robbers have never been arrested or even publicly identified, although there is at least one informal suspect.
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1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery
The 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery, sometimes called the Skylight Caper, took place very early in the morning of September 4 of that year. Three armed robbers used a skylight under repair to gain entry to the museum from its roof, tied up the three guards on duty, and left on foot with 18 paintings, including a rare Rembrandt landscape and works by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Corot, Delacroix, Rubens, and Thomas Gainsborough, as well as some figurines and jewellery. One of the Brueghels was returned by the thieves as an initiative to start ransom negotiations. None of the other paintings has ever been recovered and the robbers have never been arrested or even publicly identified, although there is at least one informal suspect.
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Skylight Caper
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An anonymous painting similar ...... anitas, among the stolen works
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1972-09-04
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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$2 million worth of paintings ...... s of which have been recovered
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Three unidentified men
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Le vol au Musée des beaux-arts ...... s ne seront jamais retrouvées.
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The 1972 Montreal Museum of Fi ...... at least one informal suspect.
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1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery
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Vol au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal en 1972
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