A Lady and Gentleman in Black by Rembrandt (stolen)

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A Lady and Gentleman in Black is a 1633 double portrait by Rembrandt that gained particular notoriety after being stolen in the infamous 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and never recovered.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
stolen artwork
artist Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt
artPeriod Baroque
associatedWithCrime art theft
collection Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt
creatorNationality Dutch
dateOfTheft 1990-03-18
depicts 17th-century Dutch clothing
gentleman
lady
two sitters dressed in black
formerOwner Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
genre double portrait
portrait
hasPart portrait of a man
portrait of a woman
hasTitleLanguage English
inception 1633
location Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
surface form: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (before theft)

unknown (after theft)
mainColor black
materialUsed oil paint
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
museumCity Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
museumCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
notableFor being an early Rembrandt double portrait
being stolen in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
originalLanguage N/A (visual artwork)
painter Rembrandt van Rijn
securityIncident largest-value art theft in history (commonly cited for the Gardner heist)
significantEvent 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
status missing
unrecovered
stolenFrom Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
stolenIn Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
subjectGender female
male
support canvas (commonly attributed; exact support not confirmed here)
title A Lady and Gentleman in Black
yearCompleted 1633

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum notableWorkInCollection A Lady and Gentleman in Black by Rembrandt (stolen)