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 Vermeer’s The Concert, a 17th-century painting of a woman playing a piano next to another woman who is standing and a seated figure with shoulder-length hair in a room with framed wall paintings In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, successfully executing the largest art heist in modern history. Among the priceless works lifted was Vermeer's The Concert, thought to be the world's most valuable stolen painting. STOLEN explores the notorious theft and the fascinating, disparate characters wrapped up in the case.

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