Europol, 32
Expressionism, 112
Farr, Dennis, 142
on observing Charley Hill
working undercover, 181-84
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), U.S., 239, 240
Feigen, Richard, 135
Feliciano, Hector, 152n Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 105
Fogelberg, Christer, 114-15
Foley, Martin, 122
Foster, Elizabeth, 150
Francis I, King of France, 12n Freud, Sigmund, 81
Frick, Henry, 135
The Frieze of Life (Munch), 86
Gainsborough, Thomas, 150
Madam Baccelli: Dancer (Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126
Gangsters involved in art crime, 139, 152-56
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 28
Gardner Museum, Boston,
USA, 14-15, 28, 240, 244
Gates, Bill, 136n
Gauguin, Paul, 18
Georgiana, Duke of
Devonshire, 150-51
Getty, J. Paul, 50, 134
Getty Museum, California, 50-51, 135
Charley Hill’s cover as
representative of, 51-54, 107, 111, 166
Girl Before a Mirror (Picasso), 132
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (Vermeer), 61
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Vermeer), 61
Girl with a Red Hat (Vermeer), 61
Gombrich, E. H., 60
A Good Story (Walle), 8
Goya, Francisco de, 18, 63, 77, 79, 136-37, 187
Portrait of Dona AntoniaZarate, 76, 123, 126
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, 136-37, 187-88
Grey, Charles, 210
Grytdal (“Psycho”), role in theft of The Scream, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31, 234, 235
Guardi, Francesco, 64, 77
Guernica (Picasso), 132
The Guitar Player (Vermeer), 12, theft of, 124-26
Gutenberg Bibles, 134
Harwood, Billy, 47-48, 91-92
Hatred (Munch), 82
Hawkwood, John, Sir, 37
Head of a Girl (Vermeer), 62
Hearst, William Randolph, 134
Henry VIII, King of England, 144, 192
Hill, Charley, 1, 34-42
anti-gun bias of, 179-80
close calls while doing
undercover work, 210-13
on corrupt cops, 104
departure from police to become detective-for-hire, 235-40
family of, 35, 38-40
D. Farr on observing Hill working undercover, 181-84
investigation of Parmigianino artwork by, 167-73
as London police officer, 45
his love of art, 41-42, 45
mission and motives of, 214-16
personality and character of, 36-38, 45-46, 71, 92, 99, 104-6, 175, 176
his philosophical approach to
lying, 115-16
on police attitudes toward art crime, 26
“prop traps” used by, 163-66
recovery of Vermeer painting by, 65-77
relationship of, with crooks and informants, 101-4, 185-96
Scream recovery sting and role of, 32-33, 53-55, 78-88, 91-92, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-32
on speculation about art collectors who commission art thefts, 138
spoken-language accent of, 23-25, 176
undercover role as Getty
Museum representative, 51-54, 107, 111, 166
undercover work of, prior to Scream sting, 35, 65-77, 142, 167-84, 210-13
uses of American and British
mannerisms and vernacular
language by, 54-55, 176-77, 184
Vietnam military service, 40-41, 106, 170-71
wife Caro, 104-5, 213
Hill, Jim, 145-46
Hill, Landon (Charley Hill’s father) 38, 39, 40
Hiscox, Robert, 136
Hitler, Adolf, 12n
Holbein, Hans, 144
Hopper, Edward, 80
Hughes, Robert, 129, 135
Hultgreen, Gunnar, 95-96
Ill-Matched Lovers (Cranach), 155
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 147
Insurance on art, 27-29, 63
Interpol, 11, 32
Irises (van Gogh), 48
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 123, 124
Italy, 25
extent of art theft in, 11-12
gangsters involved in art
crimes in, 152-54
Japan, 25
Johnsen, Tor, role in theft and sting to recover The Scream, 94, 95, 98-99
first meeting with Charley Hill, 107, 109-12
C. Hill’s “prop trap” left for, 163-66
meetings with Hill, Ulving, and “Psycho” Grytdal, 203-5, 217-19, 229-31
money exchange and, 117-18
Plaza Hotel meetings with E. Ulving and C. Hill, 113-20
trial for theft of The Scream and death of, 234, 235
Johnson, Paul, 61
Keller, Steven, 15
Kelly, Richard, 68
Kenwood House, London, art theft at, 124
King and Queen (Moore), 103
Kittler, Czech thief, 155
Knudsen, BØrre, 22-23
Koplowitz, Esther, 237
Krakatoa volcanic eruption, 84-85
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, 12
Lacemaker (Vermeer), 62
Lady Playing a Guitar (Vermeer), 60
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid (Vermeer), 12, 126, 246n
theft and recovery of, 59-60, 63-77, 122
Larsen, Tulla, 82
Lefevre Gallery, London, 31
Leonardo da Vinci, 136n
Madonna of the Rocks, 78
Madonna of the Yamwinder, 12, 13, 29, 239
Lier, Leif, 23, 94, 162, 210, 231, 235, 243
Light and Colour (Turner), 155
Lives of the Artists (Vasari), 168
The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World’s Greatest Works of Art (Feliciano), 152n
Louvre, Paris, France, 16
Lying, C. Hill’s approach to undercover work and, 115-16
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Bok), 115-16
McGarrick, Gerry, 68, 69
Macintyre, Ben, 137, 150
Madam Baccelli: Dancer (Gainsborough), 69, 122, 126
Madonna (Munch), 242, 244
Madonna of the Pinks (Raphael), 135
Madonna of the Rocks (Leonardo da Vinci), 78
Madonna of the Yamwinder (Leonardo da Vinci), 12, 13, 29, 239
Mafia, possible involvement in art crimes, 153, 154
Manet, Edouard, 14, 240
Bouquet of Peonies, 13
Chez Tortoni, 14, 240
Mannoia, Francesco Marino, 153-54
Man Writing a Letter (Metsu), 77
Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens), 129-30, 137
Mellon, Andrew, 135
Messina, Antonello da, 154
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 131, 143
Metsu, Gabriel, 69, 77, 244
Man Writing a Letter, 77
Woman Reading a Letter (Metsu), 69, 244
Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci), forgeries and claimed theft of, 146-49
Moore, Henry, King and Queen (Moore), 103
Morgan, J. E, 134, 135, 136, 150
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 150
Mulvihill, Niall, 72-77
Munch, Edvard, 1, 6
Anxiety by, 80
By the Deathbed by, 80
Death Struggle by, 80
Despair by, 80, 86
Frieze of Life by, 86
Hatred by, 82
C. Hill’s study of, 78-79, 82, 87-88
life and work of, 79-82, 83-87
Madonna by, 242, 244
Portrait of the Painter Jensen-Hjell by, 83
The Scream (see The Scream, Munch, theft of)
The Sic
k Child by, 80, 83
Study for a Portrait (Munch), 19
The Vampire by, 18-19, 160-61, 234
Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway, art thefts from, 18-19, 160, 241-43
Museum for Contemporary Art, Norway, 243
Museum of the Missing (missing artwork), 13
Napoleon of Crime (Macintyre), 150
National Fine Arts Museum, Paraguay, 13
National Gallery, Great Britain, 15, 27, 135n
National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 243
art thefts from, 18, 19
press conference announcing return of The Scream, 233
security mistakes of, 9, 11
theft of The Scream from. See The Scream (Munch), 1994 theft of
National Gallery of Ireland, 60
National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy, 13
Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (Caravaggio), 153
Nazis, art thefts perpetrated by, 12n, 152n
Nessa, Ludvig, 22-23
New Yorker (U.S. magazine), 149
New York Times (U.S. newspaper), 131, 149
Nicholas, Lynn, 152n
Norway, criminal gangs in, 160-62
Norwegian police investigation of The Scream theft, 19-20, 32, 94, 159-62, 198-99, 203-4, 210, 229-31
presence of, at Plaza Hotel where C. Hill and thieves met, 113-15, 118-20, 164-65
E. Ulving stopped by traffic police, 197-98
Olson, Don, 85n
Olson, Marilyn, 85n
Olympic Winter Games (1994), Norway, 7-8, 18, 159
Organized crime involved in art thefts, 152-56
Oslo Accords, 119
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste, 239
White Duck, 239
Parmigianino, C. Hill’s investigation of thefts of works by, 167-73
Paradise Lost (John Milton), 134
Pembroke, Earl of, 192, 193
Perugia, Vincenzo, art theft
perpetrated by, 146-49
Picasso, Pablo, 31, 215
Boy with a Pipe (The Young Apprentice), 132, 137
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 132
Girl Before a Mirror, 132
Tête de Femme (Picasso), 215
Plahter, Lief, 96, 233
Poe, Edgar Allan, 46
Police. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard); Norwegian police
disdainful attitude of, toward art crimes, 26-27, 29, 237
C. Hill on corrupt, 104
Portrait of a Dominican Monk (Rubens), 69, 127
Portrait of Dr. Gachet (van Gogh), 48, 131, 137
Portrait of Dona Antonia Zarate (Goya), 76, 123, 126
Portrait of the Artist Without His Beard (van Gogh), 137
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (Goya), 136-37, 187-88
Portrait of the Painter Jensen-Hjell (Munch), 83
Price, Albert, 125
Price, Dolours, 124, 125
Price, Marion, 124, 125
Priests, anti-abortion, suspected in art theft, 22-24
The Procuress (Vermeer), 61
Prop trap, Charley Hill’s undercover, 163-66
Rabin, Yitzhak, 119
Raging Hormones (Walle), 8
Rape of Europa (book by Nicholas) 152n
Rape of Europa (painting by Titian), 14
Raphael (Sanzio), Madonna of the Pinks (Raphael), 135
Regional Crime Squad, Great
Britain, 211
Reit, Seymour, 146-49
Rembrandt van Ryn, 14, 18, 31, 78, 131, 240
D. Duddin on stolen painting by, 192-96
Sacrifice of Isaac, 78
Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 240
Renoir, Pierre Auguste, 131
Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, 48, 137
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Titian), 236-37
Reynolds, Joshua, 64
Roberts, Christopher Charles (Hill alias), 53-54, 71, 72, 78, 91, 107, 117. See also
Hill, Charley
Rocky, undercover detective, 175-76
Rubens, Peter Paul, 63, 69, 127
Massacre of the Innocents, 129-30, 137
Portrait of a Dominican Monk, 69, 127
Russborough House, Ireland, art thefts from, 59-60, 63-69, 77, 121-27, 186
M. Cahill’s theft and recovery of Lady ’Writing a Letter with her Maid from, 59-60, 63-77, 122
Dugdale raid and theft at, 123-26 thefts between 1986 and 2002, 126-27
Russell, Tom, 102-4
Sack, Harold, 130
Sacrifice of Isaac (Rembrandt), 78
Saito, Ryoei, 137
Sargent, John Singer, 28
Sassoon, Donald, 149
Sazonoff, Jonathan, 144n
Scotland Yard detectives, 24. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard)
Scott, Peter, burglar, 215-16
The Scream (Munch), 80, 82
delicate condition of, 22
determining authenticity of, 87-88, 223-24
first exhibition of, 84
Krakatoa eruption and, 84-85
in popular culture, 85-86
Spring Evening on Karl Johan Street by, 81
Still Life by, 82
theft of one of four versions of, in 2004, 241-44
The Scream (Munch), 1994 theft and recovery of, 5-10, 17-20, 237
Art Squad and C. Hill
prepare sting to recover, 32-33, 48-49, 53-55, 78-88
frame of, 95-96, 97
C. Hill as undercover agent in, and interactions with thieves, 107-12, 163-66, 197-200, 203-9, 217-27
luring thieves of, from hiding, 91-106
Norwegian police investigation of, 19-20, 32, 94, 159-62, 198-99, 203-4, 210, 229-31
public reaction to, 20, 21
return of, to National Gallery, 233-34
role of T. Johnsen in (see Johnsen, Tor)
role of National Gallery’s J.K.
Thune in recovery, 93-94, 107
role of E. Ulving in (see Ulving, Einar-Tore)
security problems leading to, 9, 11
suspicions about P. Enger as thief of The Scream, 161-62
taunting card left by thieves, 8, 17
thieves’ fee for return of The Scream, 115
timing of theft, coinciding
with Olympics, 7-8, 17, 159
tips to police about, 21-24, 91-92, 95-96
S. Walker as undercover agent in, 108-11, 117-18, 165, 205, 217-19, 229-31
Security mistakes and art theft, 9, 11, 15
Serious and Organised Crime Unit (Scotland Yard), 26. See also Art Squad (Scotland Yard)
Shade and Darkness (Turner), 155
Shakespeare, William, 136
The Sick Child (Munch), 80, 83
The Silent Scream (anti-abortion film), 23
Skater (Portrait of William Grant) (Stuart), 78
Smith, Adam, 137
Smith, John, 239
Sorensen, Gunnar, 242-43
Spiel, Robert, 149
Spring Evening on Karl Johan Street (Munch), 81
Still Life (Munch), 82
Stolen art
financial aspects of, 139-40
insurance and, 27-29, 63
organized crime and, 152-56
ransom for, 32, 50
recovery rate, 1, 13-14
rewards offered for, 21-22
speculation about thefts
commissioned by art
collectors, 72, 133-34, 143, 145-49, 189
Storm on the Sea of Galilee (Rembrandt), 240
Storr, Paul, 195
Strictly Private (Marquess of Bath), 236
Stuart, Gilbert, Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 78
Study for a Portrait (Munch), 19
Sunflowers (van Gogh), 129
Sybille of Cleves (Cranach), 144-45
Tate Gallery, London, 27, 155-56
Tate Modern Museum, London, 15
Tête de Femme (Picasso), 215
Thieves. See Art thieves and crooks
Thoré, Théophile, 61, 246n
Thune, Jens Kristian, direction, Norway’s National Gallery, 93-94
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
Rape of Europa, 14
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 236-37
Trace art recovery company, 237, 238
Trump, Donald, 137
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Light and Colour, 155
Shade and Darkness, 155
Turow, Scott, 99
Tveita Gang, Norway, 160-62
Ulving, Einar-Tore, role in theft/recovery of The Scream, 94-95, 97-99
C. Hills “prop trap” left for, 163-66
C. Hill’s suspicions of, 98-99
first meetings with C. Hill, 107-12
leads C. Hill to The Scream, 220-26
meetings with T. Johnsen, C. Hill and “Psycho,” 203-5, 217-19
painting hidden in
summerhouse of, 207-9
Plaza hotel meetings with T. Johnsen and C. Hill, 113-20
stopped by traffic police, 197-98
trial for theft of The Scream and, 234, 235
United States
poor security at art museums in, 15
theft insurance in, 27
Valfierno, Eduardo de, 146-48
The Vampire (Munch), 18-19
theft of, 160-61, 234
van Gogh, Vincent, 13, 48, 129
Irises, 48
Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 48, 131, 137
Portrait of the Artist Without His Beard, 137
Sunflowers, 129
Van Ruysdael, Salomon, 64
Velázquez, Diego, 63
Verdens Gang (Norwegian newspaper), 10
Vermeer, Johannes, 12
The Astronomer, 12n
The Concert, 12, 14, 62, 240
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 61
Girl with a Pearl Earring, 61
Girl with a Red Hat, 61
The Guitar Player 12, 124-26
Head of a Girl, 62
Lacemaker, 62
Lady Playing a Guitar, 60
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, 12, 59-60, 63-77, 122, 126, 246n
life and art of, 60-63
The Procuress, 61
Woman with a Pearl Necklace, 62
Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, 62
Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, 62
Vestier, Antoine, 77
View of Florence (Bellotto), 126-27
Violence associated with art crimes, 57-58, 123, 124, 154, 155
Walker, Sid
role in sting to recover The Scream, 108-11, 117-18, 165, 205, 217-19, 229-31
undercover investigations by, 168, 169, 213
Walle, Marit, 8
Wallis, Henry, 140-41
Death of Chatterton, 141
Watson, Peter, The Caravaggio Conspiracy (Watson), 154n
White Duck (Oudry), 239
Widdrington Hill, Zita (Charley
Hill’s mother), 38-39