Stolen Art Alert

Andrea della Robbia, Antepedium representing the Virgin, Christ and St, John, marble relief carving, from Church of Santa Maria della Grazie, Arezzo, Italy; Hans Holbein, St. Catherine, among five old masters from Palace Museum, Gotha, East Germany; Stradivarius violin, Longey School of Music, Cambridge, MA; two 21st Dynasty Egyptian sculptures, Louvre, Paris; three Fabergé Imperial Eggs and other Russian art, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI

Lucas Cranach, Lucretia, National Museum, Stockholm, two arrests; Roman coins, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, two arrests; Van Gogh, Vase of Viscaria, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo, two arrests; two of 21 pre-Columbian jades, Copan, Honduras; Japanese sword furniture, Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Boudin landscape, Port of Brest, one of 1980’s Most Wanted Works of Art, was recovered in February, after being identified by IFAR as a stolen work.

Two Egyptian faience amulets recovered after intense local publicity in Peoria, Illinois; two arrests made.

This is the final issue of Stolen Art Alert to be published by R.R. Bowker Company.

Three miniature portraits have been recovered in Long Island; police seek owner.