The Rescue Artist

Smith, Adam, 137

Smith, John, 239

Sorensen, Gunnar, 242-43

Spiel, Robert, 149

Spring Evening on Karl Johan Street (Munch), 81

Still Life (Munch), 82

Stolen art

financial aspects of, 139-40

insurance and, 27-29, 63

organized crime and, 152-56

ransom for, 32, 50

recovery rate, 1, 13-14

rewards offered for, 21-22

speculation about thefts

commissioned by art

collectors, 72, 133-34, 143, 145-49, 189

Storm on the Sea of Galilee (Rembrandt), 240

Storr, Paul, 195

Strictly Private (Marquess of Bath), 236

Stuart, Gilbert, Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 78

Study for a Portrait (Munch), 19

Sunflowers (van Gogh), 129

Sybille of Cleves (Cranach), 144-45

Tate Gallery, London, 27, 155-56

Tate Modern Museum, London, 15

Tete de Femme (Picasso), 215

Thieves. See Art thieves and crooks

Thore, Theophile, 61, 246n

Thune, Jens Kristian, direction, Norway’s National Gallery, 93-94

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Rape of Europa, 14

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 236-37

Trace art recovery company, 237, 238

Trump, Donald, 137

Turner, Frederick Jackson

Light and Colour, 155

Shade and Darkness, 155

Turow, Scott, 99

Tveita Gang, Norway, 160-62

Ulving, Einar-Tore, role in theft/recovery of The Scream, 94-95, 97-99

C. Hills “prop trap” left for, 163-66

C. Hill’s suspicions of, 98-99

first meetings with C. Hill, 107-12

leads C. Hill to The Scream, 220-26

meetings with T. Johnsen, C. Hill and “Psycho,” 203-5, 217-19

painting hidden in

summerhouse of, 207-9

Plaza hotel meetings with T. Johnsen and C. Hill, 113-20

stopped by traffic police, 197-98

trial for theft of The Scream and, 234, 235

United States

poor security at art museums in, 15

theft insurance in, 27

Valfierno, Eduardo de, 146-48

The Vampire (Munch), 18-19

theft of, 160-61, 234

van Gogh, Vincent, 13, 48, 129

Irises, 48

Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 48, 131, 137

Portrait of the Artist Without His Beard, 137

Sunflowers, 129

Van Ruysdael, Salomon, 64

Velazquez, Diego, 63

Verdens Gang (Norwegian newspaper), 10

Vermeer, Johannes, 12

The Astronomer, 12n

The Concert, 12, 14, 62, 240

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 61

Girl with a Pearl Earring, 61

Girl with a Red Hat, 61

The Guitar Player 12, 124-26

Head of a Girl, 62

Lacemaker, 62

Lady Playing a Guitar, 60

Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, 12, 59-60, 63-77, 122, 126, 246n

life and art of, 60-63

The Procuress, 61

Woman with a Pearl Necklace, 62

Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, 62

Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, 62

Vestier, Antoine, 77

View of Florence (Bellotto), 126-27

Violence associated with art crimes, 57-58, 123, 124, 154, 155

Walker, Sid

role in sting to recover The Scream, 108-11, 117-18, 165, 205, 217-19, 229-31

undercover investigations by, 168, 169, 213

Walle, Marit, 8

Wallis, Henry, 140-41

Death of Chatterton, 141

Watson, Peter, The Caravaggio Conspiracy (Watson), 154n

White Duck (Oudry), 239

Widdrington Hill, Zita (Charley

Hill’s mother), 38-39

Williams, Paul, 67

Wilson, Peter, 129