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When thieves steal a painting by cutting it out of the frame, what does the gallery do with the bit of painting that remains with the frame?(r/AskHistorians)
I don’t know about later reattaching, but the fragments left after a painting is cut out of a frame are saved to confirm authenticity should the painting be found. Rewards for stolen paintings encourage forgeries. If brushstroke, etc don’t line up with the remainder it’s easy to confirm forgery.
Source is Edward Dolnick’s book The Rescue Artist about Charley Hill, a former Scotland Yard detective that was assigned to art recovery cases.
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The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
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When thieves steal a painting by cutting it out of the frame, what does the gallery do with the bit of painting that remains with the frame?
In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world’s most famous paintings, Edvard Munch’s Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop named Charley Hill, the world’s greatest ar… more about book…
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Top rated history books on Reddit rank no. 8
I don’t know about later reattaching, but the fragments left after a painting is cut out of a frame are saved to confirm authenticity should the painting be found. Rewards for stolen paintings encourage forgeries. If brushstroke, etc don’t line up with the remainder it’s easy to confirm forgery.
Source is Edward Dolnick’s book The Rescue Artist about Charley Hill, a former Scotland Yard detective that was assigned to art recovery cases.
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