5 of the most valuable stolen artworks that are still at large
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valuable artwork around the world has been stolen in daring heists over the years, by those brave, and foolish enough to attempt the high-stakes robberies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In years past, stolen works of art have been lost or hidden, and remain at large to this day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These classic works are valued at millions of dollars each, with art collectors and historians alike working to track them down. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While there are hundreds out there, take a look at just five of these stunning works of valuable art, and keep your eyes open for them!</span></p>
<p><br />1. <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Concert</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer</span></p>
<p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842908/the-concert.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/2ab630df0e4d47778578072bb8ee03b5" /></p>
<p><em>Image credit: Johannes Vermeer</em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In March 1990, two men walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston adorned in police uniforms and left with over half a billion dollars worth of art. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the pieces they stole was The Concert by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, who only ever painted 34 artworks. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The painting was valued at $333 million dollars, making it one of the most valuable paintings ever sold.</span></p>
<p>2.<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt van Rijn</span></p>
<p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842910/the-storm-on-the-sea.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/b7545e3f382b48e8a4df968f5dd3ba08" /></p>
<p><em>Image credit: <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rembrandt van Rijn</span><br /><br /></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Among those also stolen in the Boston museum heist of 1990 was The Storm on the Sea by Galilee, painted by Rembrant van Rijn in 1633.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The painting captures the Bible story of the disciples desperately trying to control a boat in a challenging storm. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The estimated value of the painting is $133 million.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">3. Poppy Flowers by Vincent van Gogh</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842907/poppy-flowers.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/715a4d52f980497e9a66225f3710beac" /></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credit: Vincent Van Gogh</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One person was arrested for the theft of Van Gogh’s Poppy Flowers, but not the person who stole it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead Egypt's Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan was jailed in 2010 for gross negligence when the painting was snatched from Cairo's Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The artwork, which had already been stolen once before, is valued at $73 million.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4. View of Auvers-sur-Oise by Paul Cezanne</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842911/view-of-auvers-sur-oise.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/376cef25bf204779b6f5bd8ffffa3ce2" /></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credit: Paul Cezanne</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paul Cezanne's View of Auvers-sur-Oise was snatched on New Years’ Eve 1999 from a museum at Oxford University.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The thieves relied on a smoke bomb, and the fact that everyone was reigning in the new year, to slip away undetected. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The artwork is valued at $5.5 million. </span></p>
<p>5. <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen by Vincent van Gogh<br /></span><em><br /><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842909/the-parsonage-garden.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/3ec163f7092f418ca1bf64bfe109f284" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></p>
<p><em>Image credit: Vincent van Gogh</em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This van Gogh painting was stolen from a museum in The Netherlands in March 2020; just after the beginning of the pandemic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The thief used a sledgehammer on the glass doors of the gallery and disappeared with the artwork before the police arrived. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A man was arrested for the robbery in April this year, but the artwork was never recovered and is currently valued at $9 million.</span></p>
