Stealing the Mystic Lamb : the true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece / Noah Charney.

Author: Charney, Noah.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.

Descriptionxiv, 318 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Note:The 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?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.

Note:Presents 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.

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