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Art Provenance Research: Videos

Researching the history of an object, its owners and authenticiy

Looting

Hitler's Museum Lilly DVD 13698

This documentary relates the long and eventful journey of an exceptional masterpiece of European art - The Ghent Altar, created by van Eyck, which for the Belgian people represents a national shrine.

 

Rape of Europa  Lilly DVD 9619

"The Rape of Europa is an epic journey through seven countries, into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. But heroic young art historians and curators from America and across Europe fought back with a miraculous campaign to rescue and return millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures."

 

Stolen Art Lilly DVD 16268

"In New York City in 1978, an unknown Czech artist by the name of Pavel Novak held an exhibit entitled "Stolen Art," which featured paintings by Rembrandt, Courbet, Van Gogh and other great masters, all reproduced with astonishing accuracy by Novak. Following the claim by a private collector that one painting was actually an original stolen from his home, the FBI shut down the exhibit and Novak disappeared without a trace."

 

Stolen Lilly DVD 7728

In 1990 thieves disguised as policemen gained access into Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and executed the largest art heist in modern history. Among the important works stolen was Vermeer's painting, "The Concert." To date, none of the works have been recovered. Features Blythe Danner as the voice of Isabella Stewart Gardner and Campbell Scott as the voice of Bernard Berenson.

 

Feast of the Gods  Lilly Laser Disc 339

Presents the history of Bellini's painting, completed in 1514, then altered within 15 years by Titian and by a third painter. With the use of x-rays, cross sections, infrared photography, special effects and computer graphics, takes the viewer into the structure of the painting and answers some of the questions concerning it. Includes a chronology of the provenance of the painting.

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