Analysis Of Rembrandt's The Lady And Gentleman In Black

Around midnight on Sunday morning, March 18, 1990, in Boston two men with fake police uniforms waited for at least an hour in the car, possibly trying to avoid being noticed by people leaving a St. Patrick's Day party nearby. Later at around 1 a.m., security guard Richard Abath returned to the front desk after patrolling the museum to switch positions with the other security guard. The two guards were the only people in the building. At this time, Abath opened and quickly shut the Palace Road door, claiming he was trained to do this to ensure the door was locked. He claimed security logs from other nights would show that he had done this many times previously. The FBI has seized the logs, but has not commented on the issue further. At 1:24
As one of them approached Rembrandt's Self-Portrait made in 1624, a local alarm sounded, which they immediately smashed. They pulled the painting off the wall and attempted to take the wooden panel out of its heavy frame. Unsuccessful at the attempt, they left the painting on the floor. They cut Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of Galilee out of the frame, as well as A Lady and Gentleman in Black. They also removed Vermeer's The Concert and Govaert Flinck's Landscape with an Obelisk from their frames. Additionally, they also took a Chinese bronze gu from the Shang Dynasty. Elsewhere in the museum, they stole five Degas drawings and an eagle finial. The finial lay at the top of a Napoleonic flag, which they attempted to unscrew from the wall, but failed. Manet's Chez Tortoni was also stolen from its location in the Blue Room. Motion detector records show that the only footsteps detected in the Blue Room that night were at 12:27 a.m. and again at 12:53 a.m. These times match to when Abath said he passed through on patrol. The frame for the painting was found on security chief Lyle W. Grindle's chair near the front desk. The thieves made two trips to their car with artwork during the theft, which lasted 81 minutes. Before leaving, they visited the guards once more, telling them "You’ll be hearing from us in about a year," although they were never heard from again. The guards remained handcuffed until police arrived at 8:15 a.m. later that morning. FBI never found out who did it but thieves stolen art with value around 500 milions dollars. I think it was well done theft but to me it seems to be ridiculous, its almost impossible for two men with fake police uniforms rob a museum and take so much money with