In the early hours after St. Patrick's Day revelry, two men posing as Boston police officers talked their way past night security guards, then handcuffed the guards and spent 81 minutes cutting paintings from their frames. Despite a $10 million reward, the stolen works, including Vermeer's 'The Concert' and Rembrandt's only seascape, have never been recovered, and the empty frames still hang in the museum awaiting their return.
In the early hours after St. Patrick's Day revelry, two men posing as Boston police officers talked their way past night security guards, then handcuffed the guards and spent 81 minutes cutting paintings from their frames. Despite a $10 million reward, the stolen works, including Vermeer's 'The Concert' and Rembrandt's only seascape, have never been recovered, and the empty frames still hang in the museum awaiting their return.