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001 2010019795
003 DLC
005 20110309083013.0
008 100510s2010 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010019795
020 $a9781586488000 (alk. paper)
020 $a1586488007 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn317925790
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050 00 $aND673.E87$bA63 2010
082 00 $a759.9493$222
100 1 $aCharney, Noah.
245 10 $aStealing the Mystic Lamb :$bthe true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece /$cNoah Charney.
246 30 $aTrue story of the world's most coveted masterpiece
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 318 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.
505 0 $aThe mysteries of the masterpiece -- The magician in the red turban -- The burning of the Lamb -- Thieves of revolution and empire -- Illicit collectors' paradise -- The canon hides the Lamb -- Thieves in the cathedral -- The world's greatest treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Hidden in plain sight?
520 $aPresents a history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"--which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, smuggled, hunted by the Nazis, and stolen thirteen times.
600 10 $aEyck, Jan van,$d1390-1440.$tGhent altarpiece.
650 0 $aArt thefts$zBelgium$zGhent.