Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Le Baiser dérobé (The Stolen Kiss) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 48.3 x 63.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterfully executed, incandescent glow highlights fitful hands and a kiss won in a card game. While Fragonard…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paysage, Bords de Seine (Landscape, Banks of the Seine) c.1879 Oil on linen, 22.2 × 30.5 × 5.7 cm Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore It was stolen in 1951 from the Baltimore Museum of Art and resurfaced in…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (Taking of Christ) c.1602 Oil on canvas, 133 x 171 cm Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa Stolen in July 2008, it was recovered -badly damaged- in 2010 by German police in Berlin. The…