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The Life and Art of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, Volume Seven, Episode 9 (Part One)

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

Burial Marker for Vermeer, Oude Kirk, Delft
The Astronomer in the Altaussee salt mine
Two paintings at 2023 Rijksmuseum exhibit
St. Praxedes
Diana and her Companions
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
The Procuress
A Girl Asleep
A Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window, before restoration
A Girl Reading a Letter, restored
Cavalier and Young Woman
The Milkmaid
The Glass of Wine
Girl Interrupted in her Music
Young Woman With A Wine Glass
The Little Street
View of Delft

The Life And Art of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, Volume Seven, Episode 9 (Part Two)

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

Young Woman With A Water Pitcher
Woman With a Lute
The Music Lesson
The Concert
Woman in Blue Reading a letter
Woman With a Pearl Necklace
Woman with a Balance
A Lady Writing
Mistress and Maid
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Study of a Young Woman
Girl With a Red Hat
Girl With a Flute
The Art of Painting
The Geographer
The Astronomer
The Lacemaker
The Love Letter
A Lady Writing a Letter With Her Maid
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Young Woman Standing a Virginal
Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
The Guitar Player
Young Woman Seated at a Virginal (Leiden Collection)

The Life and Art of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, Book and Music Information

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“Vermeer: The Complete Paintings,” by Walter Liedtke and

“Vermeer,” by Roberta D’Adda.

The music used in the part one intro and part two outro was:

“Music Box,” by Brian Bolger.

The music in the part one outro and part two intro was:

“Harpsichord Fugue,” by Sir Cubworth

 

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part One)

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Art Museum. Today this remains the world’s largest unsolved art robbery.

Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888
John Lowell (Jack) Gardner, Jr.
Bernard Berenson in his Italian Villa
Botticelli, The tragedy of Lucretia
Rembrandt, Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt, self portrait, damaged but not stolen
Titian, Rape of Europa
Jan Vermeer, The Concert
Manet, Chez Tortoni
Rembrandt, A Man and a Woman in Black
Flinck, Landscape with Obelisk
John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888

Gardner Museum, Central Courtyard

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Part Two)

On March 18, 1990, two thieves stole over a half billion dollars worth of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today this remain’s the world largest unsolved art robbery.

Gardner Museum security guard Rick Abath
Myles Connor, later in life
William Youngworth III, late 90’s
Robert “Bobby” Donati, early in his criminal career
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1907
Gardner Museum, 1920
Robert Gentile
Gentile attorney Ryan McGuigan
One of the three FBI searches of Gentile’s Connecticut property
Recent photo of the original Gardner building
Gardner Museum addition completed in 2012
John Singer Sargent, 1922 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Gardner family mausoleum, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

Isabella Stewart Gardner and the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Robbery. Volume Six, Episode Twelve (Book and Music Information)

The books used to compose this podcast included:

“Mrs. Jack,” by Louise Hall-Tharp

“Master Thieves,” by Stephen Kurkjian

“The Gardner Heist,” by Ulrich Boser

The music used during the podcast included:

Episode one and two intro: “Good Gig in the Clouds,” by Joel Cummins

Episode one and two outro: “Luna Misteriosa,” by Luna Cantina