Word: rembrandt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...collection moves with ease between fine works by major masters--Rembrandt, Pontormo, Rubens, Mantegna, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Turner--and illuminatingly good ones by less famous figures, such as Franz Xavier Winterhalter's coolly sumptuous portrait of a 19th century princess on the terrace of her villa in the Crimea, or a small, haunting study of a young girl by the Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff. It is already a deeply serious and discriminating collection and may turn into a great...
...theft took place in the dead of night on March 18, 1990, when two men dressed as police broke into the Gardner, tied up two museum guards and dismantled the security system. They left with 13 objects, including two certified masterworks--Vermeer's The Concert and Rembrandt's Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Strangely, the robbers chose not to lift the museum's most prized piece, Titian's Rape of Europa...
...thieves' improbable connoisseurship set off speculation that the heist was a botched assignment ordered up by a wealthy collector. But no leads panned out. Then, in August, Herald reporter Tom Mashberg claimed he had been escorted to a dark warehouse and shown by flashlight Rembrandt's signature on Storm on the Sea of Galilee. The assignation was brokered by Youngworth, who then told ABC's Nightline he could deliver the stolen works in exchange for the museum's $5 million reward and the release of his pal Myles J. Connor Jr., a thief who was in prison for selling cocaine...
...THRIVED The Netherlands of William of Orange, Rembrandt and Descartes flourished through its diversity. The country welcomed immigrants fleeing persecution elsewhere in Europe. Its religious and cultural tolerance attracted merchants, artisans and financiers whose skills helped their new homeland dominate pre-industrial Europe. The population more than doubled, to 1.9 million. The recognition of property rights and contracts fueled business activity...
...sheet on the schnauzer is that it dates back to the 15th century. Rembrandt painted them, and barons employed packs of schnauzers to patrol the castle and catch rats, which explains why Holloway carries around a furry little squeaky toy in his pocket. Sometimes called the dog with the human brain, the standard schnauzer is not to be confused with his toy and giant cousins. Pa's history dates back to Italy, where he was bred by Gabrio Del Torre, who saw the dog's potential and shipped him to the best schnauzer handler he could find...