The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession - Chapter Fourteen Summary & Analysis

Michael Finkel
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession - Chapter Fourteen Summary & Analysis

Michael Finkel
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Anne-Catherine and Stéphane are at the European Fine Art Fair in the Dutch city of Maastricht. Somebody at the fair yells out that there is a thief, and even though Stéphane knows it is not him (he is not stealing at the moment), he flinches. While everyone is focused on catching and stopping the other thief, Anne-Catherine and Stéphane steal an oil painting from the famous London art dealer Richard Greene. The piece they steal is a beautiful Renaissance oil painting by the artist Jan van Kessel. Though they were not targeting this piece specifically, Stéphane held a grudge against Richard Greene for treating him rudely at a previous art fair, and so sought out Greene's booth to steal from specifically. The European Fine Art fair is difficult to steal from, but by chance, because another thief attempted to...

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