Template:Did you know nominations/1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Alex ShihTalk 00:46, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery

 * ... that the jewellery and 18 paintings stolen 45 years ago today (de Heem, pictured) from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts are the largest theft in Canadian history? Source: Source: "It's the largest theft in Canadian history", CBC News, "1972: Art heist at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts", September 4, 1972
 * ALT1:... that the only painting recovered from the largest theft in Canadian history 45 years ago today, a Brueghel landscape, was later reattributed to Brueghel's students? " The painting has been reattributed to the School of Jan Brueghel the Elder and returned to the walls of the museum", The Skylight Caper: The Unsolved 1972 Theft of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts", Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2010, p. 59
 * ALT2: ... that a Rubens the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts bought with the insurance money after suffering the largest theft in Canadian history, 45 years ago today, later turned out to have been painted by the artists' assistants and was withdrawn from exhibit? "With a 'substantial' part of the proceeds from the insurance claim, in 1975 the museum purchased a large painting by Peter Paul Rubens titled The Leopards. On the 35th anniversary  of  the  theft,  the  painting was withdrawn from exhibit as experts now found that the work was not by Rubens but by assistants from his studio and confined the oil on canvas to the museum's storage space.", The Skylight Caper: The Unsolved 1972 Theft of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts", Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2010, p. 63
 * Reviewed: Iva Honyestewa
 * Comment: Obviously I would like this to run on September 4, the 45th anniversary of the theft. I realize it's short notice, so I will be leaving a note on WT:DYK asking for expedited review. Also, I know, that with my hook for 2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft running the day before, we will have two consecutive days with hooks about thefts of art from the same museum. But, I can't do anything about that coincidence of those anniversaries (noted in the latter article, actually). Daniel Case (talk) 14:42, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 14:42, 30 August 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. All images freely licensed. QPQ done. The first hook ref is verified and cited inline; this could be used with the image. Alternately, ALT1 is also very hooky and the hook ref is verified and cited inline. I struck ALT2 for being a little long-winded. Good to go for September 4 anniversary of theft. Yoninah (talk) 20:54, 31 August 2017 (UTC)