The Rescue Artist

Georgiana, Duke of

Devonshire, 150-51

Getty, J. Paul, 50, 134

Getty Museum, California, 50-51, 135

Charley Hill’s cover as

representative of, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

Girl Before a Mirror (Picasso), 132

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer), 61

Girl with a Red Hat (Vermeer), 61

Gombrich, E. H., 60

A Good Story (Walle), 8

Goya, Francisco de, 18, 63, 77, 79, 136-37, 187

Portrait of Dona AntoniaZarate, 76, 123, 126

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, 136-37, 187-88

Grey, Charles, 210

Grytdal (“Psycho”), role in theft of The Scream, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31, 234, 235

Guardi, Francesco, 64, 77

Guernica (Picasso), 132

The Guitar Player (Vermeer), 12, theft of, 124-26

Gutenberg Bibles, 134

Harwood, Billy, 47-48, 91-92

Hatred (Munch), 82

Hawkwood, John, Sir, 37

Head of a Girl (Vermeer), 62

Hearst, William Randolph, 134

Henry VIII, King of England, 144, 192

Hill, Charley, 1, 34-42

anti-gun bias of, 179-80

close calls while doing

undercover work, 210-13

on corrupt cops, 104

departure from police to become detective-for-hire, 235-40

family of, 35, 38-40

D. Farr on observing Hill working undercover, 181-84

investigation of Parmigianino artwork by, 167-73

as London police officer, 45

his love of art, 41-42, 45

mission and motives of, 214-16

personality and character of, 36-38, 45-46, 71, 92, 99, 104-6, 175, 176

his philosophical approach to

lying, 115-16

on police attitudes toward art crime, 26

“prop traps” used by, 163-66

recovery of Vermeer painting by, 65-77

relationship of, with crooks and informants, 101-4, 185-96

Scream recovery sting and role of, 32-33, 53-55, 78-88, 91-92, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-32

on speculation about art collectors who commission art thefts, 138

spoken-language accent of, 23-25, 176

undercover role as Getty

Museum representative, 51-54, 107, 111, 166

undercover work of, prior to Scream sting, 35, 65-77, 142, 167-84, 210-13

uses of American and British

mannerisms and vernacular

language by, 54-55, 176-77, 184

Vietnam military service, 40-41, 106, 170-71

wife Caro, 104-5, 213

Hill, Jim, 145-46

Hill, Landon (Charley Hill’s father) 38, 39, 40

Hiscox, Robert, 136

Hitler, Adolf, 12n

Holbein, Hans, 144

Hopper, Edward, 80

Hughes, Robert, 129, 135

Hultgreen, Gunnar, 95-96

Ill-Matched Lovers (Cranach), 155

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 147

Insurance on art, 27-29, 63

Interpol, 11, 32

Irises (van Gogh), 48

Irish Republican Army (IRA), 123, 124

Italy, 25

extent of art theft in, 11-12

gangsters involved in art

crimes in, 152-54

Japan, 25

Japanese art buyers, 48, 129, 137

Johnsen, Tor, role in theft and sting to recover The Scream, 94, 95, 98-99

first meeting with Charley Hill, 107, 109-12

C. Hill’s “prop trap” left for, 163-66

meetings with Hill, Ulving, and “Psycho” Grytdal, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31

money exchange and, 117-18

Plaza Hotel meetings with E. Ulving and C. Hill, 113-20

trial for theft of The Scream and death of, 234, 235

Johnson, Paul, 61

Keller, Steven, 15

Kelly, Richard, 68

Kenwood House, London, art theft at, 124

King and Queen (Moore), 103

Kittler, Czech thief, 155

Knudsen, BOrre, 22-23

Koplowitz, Esther, 237

Krakatoa volcanic eruption, 84-85