Modern_history Dulwich_Picture_Gallery
rembrandt, portrait of jacob de gheyn iii.
in hours of 31 december 1966 8 paintings stolen, 3 rembrandt, girl @ window, version of portrait of titus , portrait of fellow artist, jacob de gheyn lll, 3 rubens, 3 women cornucopia, st. barbara , 3 graces; , one, lady playing on clavicord gerrit dou , susannah , elders adam elsheimer. worth @ least £3 million reward of £1,000 offered return. within few days paintings recovered after investigation led detective superintendent charles hewett, had investigated suspected serial killer dr john bodkin adams. michael hall, unemployed ambulance driver, 1 of thieves caught , sentenced 5 years in prison.
rembrandt s small portrait of jacob de gheyn iii has been stolen , recovered 4 times, in 1983, , listed in guinness book of records stolen artwork in world. has been recovered left-luggage office in west germany in 1986; returned anonymously; found on of bicycle; , discovered under bench in graveyard in streatham. painting guarded upgraded security system.
in 1995 major reorganisation of historic alleyn s college charity resulted in reconstitution of dulwich picture gallery independent registered charity.
the gallery marks bicentenary in 2017. part of celebrations gallery partnered london festival of architecture hold competition emerging architects create ‘dulwich pavilion’, temporary events structure built in gallery’s historic grounds during summer of 2017. competition won london-based architecture practice if_do.
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