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The biggest unanswered questions we still have after watching Netflix's 'This Is A Robbery'
The biggest unanswered questions we still have after watching Netflix's 'This Is A Robbery'
Debanjali BoseApr 18, 2021, 18:51 IST
An empty frame with the wallpaper showing through, where Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee" once was.David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
In 1990, artwork worth $500 million was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
A new Netflix series, "This Is A Robbery," takes a closer look at the massive heist.
But we still have questions after watching the four-part series, like where the stolen art wound up.
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Who robbed the museum and what exactly did they do with all of the art that was stolen?
Spaces for missing Rembrandt paintings: "A Lady and Gentlemen in Black" and "The Storm on the Sea Of Galilee."
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Why did the people behind the heist pick those specific pieces of art?
Chez Tortoni by Édouard Manet, one of the artworks that went missing.
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What happened to the tape that was used to tie up one of the guards?
The documentary's dramatization of the night the robbery took place.
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Why didn't the alarm go off in a room that was robbed?
A map of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, highlighting the alarms that were set off in each room during the robbery.
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Where did the 17th-century paint chips produced by a separate art thief (not one of the people behind the Gardner heist) come from?
An empty frame with the wallpaper showing through, where Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee" once was.
David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images