The Storm on Galilee

Description:  Rembrandt van Rijn is the most important painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Since then, Rembrandt’s paintings have become icons in the history of art. He is particularly renowned for his ability to capture dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, imbuing his art with brewing qualities of mysterious wonder. One of his best-known paintings is Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633, painted when he was just 29 years old. In 1990 Rembrandt’s painting was stolen along with 12 others from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and it was never found again.

Because of the high value of the paintings that were stolen (Rembrandt’s painting was one of the rarest and most valuable), the FBI launched an investigation in an attempt to find the criminals. They even offered a reward of $5 million dollars for any leads that might help them proceed. The heist remains to this day one of the most prominent unsolved art crimes in history.

Source:  thecollector.com