An $18 Throw Pillow Helped an Art Collector Find a Stolen $10 Million Dutch Master Painting

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An $18 Throw Pillow Helped an Art Collector Find a Stolen $10 Million Dutch Master Painting
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Never underestimate the power of a good throw pillow.

By looking at the metadata of Pixels.com image, Schorer was able to determine that it was taken years after the famous theft. Schorer traced the painting to a sale at a European art fair in 1995 under the name of Barent Avercamp, the artist’s nephew and student. The painting was sold to a Dutch couple, who have since died. Schorer reached out to the couple’s heirs, on behalf of the Worcester Art Museum, to inquire after an amicable return of the painting.

was stolen from the home of Robert Stoddard, a former trustee of the Worcester Art Museum, along with 11 other artworks. Stoddard was the former board president of the museum and many of the stolen artworks were promised as gifts to the institution. Only three of the works Schorer has yet to receive a response from the heirs.

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