The Rescue Artist (34 page)

Chapter 34:
The Thrill of the Hunt

Peter Scott described the “sexual, antisocial excitement” of crime in his memoir
Gentleman Thief: Recollections of a Cat Burglar
(London: HarperCollins, 1995, p. 4).

INDEX

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Aasheim, William, 234

Action New Life, Norway, 22

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Twain), 116

Amin, Idi, 143

Andreotti, Giulio, 153, 154

Anti-abortion group, suspected involvement of, in theft of

The Scream,
21-24

Anxiety
(Munch), 80

Arafat, Yasser, 119

Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer
(Rembrandt), 131

Arkan, Serbian gangster, 156

Art

determining authenticity of Munch’s, 87-88, 223-24

forgeries, 146-49, 171-73

high prices in, 129-32

insurance on, 27-29, 63

as investment, 129-30

stolen
(see
Art crime; Stolen art)

Art collectors

hidden identity of, 137-38

Japanese, 48, 129, 137

motivations of, 134-36

speculation about art thefts commissioned by, 72, 133-34, 138

thieves as, 144-45, 150-51

Art crime, 11-16.
See also
Art thieves and crooks; Stolen art

amateurs and bunglers

involved in, 139, 140-42

appeal of, to thieves, 16

gangsters involved in, 139, 152-56

high prices of art linked to, 131-32, 139-40

C. Hill on, as “farce,” 121

as “kudos” crime, 215

laws on, 25

as opportunism, 15-16

recovery rate in, 1, 13-14

simple techniques of, 14-15

speculation on art collectors willing to commission, 72, 133-34, 138, 143, 145-49, 189

statistics on extent of, 11-12

violence associated with, 57-58, 123, 124, 154, 155

Art Loss Register art recovery company, 237

Art market, 128-32

high prices in, 129-32

investment aspect of, 129-30

for stolen-and-recovered paintings, 130-31

unregulated nature of, 128-29

Art News
(U.S. magazine), 149

Art Squad (Scotland Yard), 24

campaign by, for permission

to recover
The Scream,
46-47

sting set up by, and recovery of Munch’s
The Scream,
48-49, 78-88.
See also The Scream
(Munch), 1994 theft and recovery of

work of, and problems facing, 25-33

Art Theft and Forgery Investigations: The Complete Field Manual
(Spiel), 149

Art thieves and crooks, 139, 140-42

amateurs and bunglers as, 139, 140-42

S. Breitwieser, 144-45

M. Cahill as, 56-60, 63-64, 67, 68, 70, 77, 122, 126, 127

categories of, 139

as collectors, 144-45, 150-51

A. Daisley as, 140-41

D. Duddin, 185-96

R. Dugdale as, 123-26

efficiency of, 14-15

P. Enger as, 160-62, 234-35

financial issues and, 131-32, 139-40

gangsters as, 139, 152-56

motives of, 29-32

as opportunists, 15

V. Perugia as, 146-49

P. Scott as, 215-16

A. Worth as, 150-51

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,

Great Britain, 13, 133

The Astronomer
(Vermeer),
12n

Bailey, Anthony, 62

Ball at the Moulin de la Galette
(Renoir), 48, 137

Bath, Marquess of, 236

Beit, Alfred, Sir, 59, 60, 63, 122, 125.
See also
Russborough House, Ireland, art thefts from

Beit, Clementine Freeman-Mitford, Lady, 59, 63, 122-23, 125

Belgium, recovery of Vermeer painting in, 69,
70-77
Bellotto, Bernardo, 126

View of Florence,
126-27

Berenson, Bernard, 134

Berg, Knut, director, Norway’s

National Gallery, 8-9, 18, 93, 233

Berman, Charley (C. Hill alias), 65, 68

Berntsen, Geir, 7

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, England, 140-41

Bishop, Tom (FBI pseudonym), 68

Bok, Sissela, 115-16

Bouquet of Peonies
(Manet), 13

Boy with a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)
(Picasso), 132, 137

Breitwieser, Stéphane, art thefts perpetrated by, 144-45

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter, 104

theft of
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
by, 141-42, 181-84

Brueghel the Younger, Pieter, 104

Buccleuch, Duke of, 29

Bunton, Kempton, 188

Burge, Christopher, 131

Butler, John (head of Art Squad), 29, 32, 233

campaign by, for permission to recover
The Scream,
46-47

role in sting to recover
The Scream,
51-53, 109, 114-15, 197, 198-99, 205-6

By the Deathbed
(Munch), 80

Cahill, Martin “The General,” 1986 theft of Vermeer painting and other artwork by, 56-60, 63-64, 67, 68, 70, 77, 122, 126, 127

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisida), 153-54

Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence,
153

The Caravaggio Conspiracy
(Watson), 154n

Cellini, Benvenuto, 12, 239

Cézanne, Paul, 13, 133

Chaffinch, Lynne, 155

Chaudron, Yves, 146-48

Le Chemin de Sèvres
(Corot), 16

Chevalier, Tracy, 60

Chez Tortoni
(Manet), 14, 240

Cholmondeley, Lord, 239

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
(Bruegel), 104

theft and recovery of, 141-42

Christie’s auction house, 131

Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889
(Ensor), 82, 112

Church of San Lorenzo,

Palermo, Italy, 153

Codex Leicester, 136n

Command for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Italy, 152-53

Concerned Criminals, 59

The Concert
(Vermeer), 12, 14, 62, 240

Conforti, Roberto, 153

Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille,
Le Chemin de Sèvres,
16

Counterfeit Currency Squad,

Great Britain, 211

Counterfeit money case,

Charley Hill’s undercover work on, 210-13

Courtauld Institute Galleries,

London, theft of Bruegel’s

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
from, 141-42, 181-84

Coyle, Tommy, 65-67

Cranach the Elder, Lucas, 155

Ill-Matched Lovers,
155

theft of
Sybille of Cleves
by, 144-45

Czech Republic, 155, 178

Dagbladet
(Norwegian newspaper), 17, 95-96, 162

Daisley, Anthony, theft of

Wallis’s
Death of Chatterton
by, 140-41

Dalrymple, Mark, 139-40, 175, 179

The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa
(Reit), 146

Death of Chatterton
(Wallis), 141

Death Struggle
(Munch), 80

Decker, Karl, 148-49

Degas, Edgar, 14

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
(Picasso), 132

Despair
(Munch), 80, 86

Diamonds, stolen, 67, 70

Dr. No, imagined wealthy art collector willing to commission art thefts, 72, 133-34, 136, 138, 143, 145-49

Doescher, Russell,
85n
Donovan, James, 57-58

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 151

Drugs, smuggling and selling illicit, 30, 31, 70

Duddin, David, 185-96

on lessons applied to art crime, 191-92

on market for stolen art, 189-90

on stolen Rembrandt, 192-96

Duddin, Mary, 187, 188, 191, 196