Event
1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery
4 Sep 1972 · 45.50° N, 73.58° W
What the records say
- When
- 4 Sep 1972
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 45.50° N, 73.58° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery.
Summary
Armed robbers steal 18 paintings, including a Rembrandt, along with 38 pieces of jewellery, from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, valued at $2 million at the time in what is not only Canada's largest art theft but its largest theft of private property ever. Except for one returned in an attempt to negotiate a ransom, none of the paintings have been recovered nor have the thieves ever been identified publicly.
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. 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 Gainsborou…
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