The Rescue Artist (35 page)

Dugdale, Rose, art thefts

committed by, 123-26

Dürer, Albrecht, 78

Duveen, Joseph, 135

Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 60

Ellis, Dick (Art Squad detective), 26, 175-76

on Art Squad stings to recover art, 47, 48

work on sting to recover
The Scream,
52-53, 91, 107-8

Enger, Pal, 243

art thefts perpetrated by, 160-62

theft of
The Scream
and role of, 234, 235

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

d’Estrées, Marshall, 136

Europol, 32

Expressionism, 112

Farr, Dennis, 142

on observing Charley Hill

working undercover, 181-84

Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI), U.S., 239, 240

Feigen, Richard, 135

Feliciano, Hector, 1
52n
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 105

Fogelberg, Christer, 114-15

Foley, Martin, 122

Foster, Elizabeth, 150

Francis I, King of France, 1
2n
Freud, Sigmund, 81

Frick, Henry, 135

The Frieze of Life
(Munch), 86

Gainsborough, Thomas, 150

Madam Baccelli: Dancer
(Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126

Gangsters involved in art crime, 139, 152-56

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 28

Gardner Museum, Boston,

USA, 14-15, 28, 240, 244

Gates, Bill, 136n

Gauguin, Paul, 18

Georgiana, Duke of

Devonshire, 150-51

Getty, J. Paul, 50, 134

Getty Museum, California, 50-51, 135

Charley Hill’s cover as

representative of, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

Girl Before a Mirror
(Picasso), 132

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
(Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Pearl Earring
(Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Red Hat
(Vermeer), 61

Gombrich, E. H., 60

A Good Story
(Walle), 8

Goya, Francisco de, 18, 63, 77, 79, 136-37, 187

Portrait of Dona AntoniaZarate,
76, 123, 126

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington,
136-37, 187-88

Grey, Charles, 210

Grytdal (“Psycho”), role in theft of
The Scream,
203-5, 217-19, 229-31, 234, 235

Guardi, Francesco, 64, 77

Guernica
(Picasso), 132

The Guitar Player
(Vermeer), 12, theft of, 124-26

Gutenberg Bibles, 134

Harwood, Billy, 47-48, 91-92

Hatred
(Munch), 82

Hawkwood, John, Sir, 37

Head of a Girl
(Vermeer), 62

Hearst, William Randolph, 134

Henry VIII, King of England, 144, 192

Hill, Charley, 1, 34-42

anti-gun bias of, 179-80

close calls while doing

undercover work, 210-13

on corrupt cops, 104

departure from police to become detective-for-hire, 235-40

family of, 35, 38-40

D. Farr on observing Hill working undercover, 181-84

investigation of Parmigianino artwork by, 167-73

as London police officer, 45

his love of art, 41-42, 45

mission and motives of, 214-16

personality and character of, 36-38, 45-46, 71, 92, 99, 104-6, 175, 176

his philosophical approach to

lying, 115-16

on police attitudes toward art crime, 26

“prop traps” used by, 163-66

recovery of Vermeer painting by, 65-77

relationship of, with crooks and informants, 101-4, 185-96

Scream
recovery sting and role of, 32-33, 53-55, 78-88, 91-92, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-32

on speculation about art collectors who commission art thefts, 138

spoken-language accent of, 23-25, 176

undercover role as Getty

Museum representative, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

undercover work of, prior to
Scream
sting, 35, 65-77, 142, 167-84, 210-13

uses of American and British

mannerisms and vernacular

language by, 54-55, 176-77, 184

Vietnam military service, 40-41, 106, 170-71

wife Caro, 104-5, 213

Hill, Jim, 145-46

Hill, Landon (Charley Hill’s father) 38, 39, 40

Hiscox, Robert, 136

Hitler, Adolf, 12n

Holbein, Hans, 144

Hopper, Edward, 80

Hughes, Robert, 129, 135

Hultgreen, Gunnar, 95-96

Ill-Matched Lovers
(Cranach), 155

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 147

Insurance on art, 27-29, 63

Interpol, 11, 32

Irises
(van Gogh), 48

Irish Republican Army (IRA), 123, 124

Italy, 25

extent of art theft in, 11-12

gangsters involved in art

crimes in, 152-54

Japan, 25

Japanese art buyers, 48, 129, 137

Johnsen, Tor, role in theft and sting to recover
The Scream,
94, 95, 98-99

first meeting with Charley Hill, 107, 109-12

C. Hill’s “prop trap” left for, 163-66

meetings with Hill, Ulving, and “Psycho” Grytdal, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31

money exchange and, 117-18

Plaza Hotel meetings with E. Ulving and C. Hill, 113-20

trial for theft of
The Scream
and death of, 234, 235

Johnson, Paul, 61

Keller, Steven, 15

Kelly, Richard, 68

Kenwood House, London, art theft at, 124

King and Queen
(Moore), 103

Kittler, Czech thief, 155

Knudsen, BØrre, 22-23

Koplowitz, Esther, 237

Krakatoa volcanic eruption, 84-85

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, 12

Lacemaker
(Vermeer), 62

Lady Playing a Guitar
(Vermeer), 60

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
(Vermeer), 12, 126, 246n

theft and recovery of, 59-60, 63-77, 122

Larsen, Tulla, 82

Lefevre Gallery, London, 31

Leonardo da Vinci, 136n

Madonna of the Rocks,
78

Madonna of the Yamwinder,
12, 13, 29, 239

Lier, Leif, 23, 94, 162, 210, 231, 235, 243

Light and Colour
(Turner), 155

Lives of the Artists
(Vasari), 168

The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World’s Greatest Works of Art
(Feliciano), 152n

Louvre, Paris, France, 16

Lying, C. Hill’s approach to undercover work and, 115-16

Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
(Bok), 115-16

McGarrick, Gerry, 68, 69

Macintyre, Ben, 137, 150

Madam Baccelli: Dancer
(Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126

Madonna
(Munch), 242, 244

Madonna of the Pinks
(Raphael), 135

Madonna of the Rocks
(Leonardo da Vinci), 78

Madonna of the Yamwinder
(Leonardo da Vinci), 12, 13, 29, 239

Mafia, possible involvement in art crimes, 153, 154

Manet, Edouard, 14, 240

Bouquet of Peonies,
13

Chez Tortoni,
14, 240

Mannoia, Francesco Marino, 153-54

Man Writing a Letter
(Metsu), 77

Massacre of the Innocents
(Rubens), 129-30, 137

Mellon, Andrew, 135

Messina, Antonello da, 154