by Noah Charney
as employer and friend of J. van Eyck
as godfather to van Eyck, P.
and Righteous Judges panel, portrait in
Philip of Alsace
Picasso, Pablo
Pichegru, Charles
Pius VI
Plantexel (Société de Plantation et d’Exploitation de l’Elaeis au Kasai)
Plieseis, Sepp
Pöchmüller, Emmerich
and Alt Aussee salt mine art-storage facility, account of
Polish Rider
Polychrome sculpture
Ponte Santa Trinita
Ponte Vecchio
Porter, Arthur Kingsley
Portrait Drawing of Niccoló Albergati (J. van Eyck)
Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban
( J. van Eyck)
Portrait of Dr. Gachet (van Gogh)
Portrait of Margeurite ( J. van Eyck)
Portraiture
Posey, Robert Kelley
and Alt Aussee salt mine art-storage facility, Nazi order to destroy
and Alt Aussee salt mine art-storage facility, securing of
and Merkers salt mine
and Order of Leopold
Presbyter, Theophilus. See Roger of Helmarshausen
Pressl, Mark Danner
Priem, Polydor
Protection of Monuments: A Proposal
for Consideration During War and Rehabilitation (Stout)
“Protection of Monuments and Art During War” (Clemens)
Prussian National Gallery
Psalms
Quadriga
Rahn, Otto
Raphael
Raudaschl, Alois
Ray, Jean (pseud. John Flanders)
Realism
Red turban
Red-White-Red Book: Justice for Austria! (Gainswinkler)
Reichsbank
Reign of Terror
Religious paintings
Rembrandt
Renaissance paintings
Renders, Emile
Reparations Committee
Repatriation, of cultural heritage
Restoration. See also under Ghent Altarpiece
Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
Righteous Judges (panel) (photo)
copy of
and ransom/ransom notes
theft of, and investigation
theft of, theories regarding
Roberts, Owen J.
Roberts Commission (American
Commission for the Protection
and Salvage of Artistic and
Historic Monuments in War
Areas). See also Art protection; Monument protection
Robespierre, Maximilien
Roger of Helmarshausen (pseud. Theophilus Presbyter)
Roosevelt, Franklin
Rorimer, James
Rosenberg, Alfred. See also ERR; Rosenberg Report
Rosenberg Operational Staff. See ERR
Rosenberg Report. See also ERR; Rosenberg, Alfred
Rothschild family
Rubens, Peter Paul
Sachs, Paul
Safehaven Programme
Saint Barbara, Chapel of
Saint Barbara ( J. van Eyck)
Saint Bavo, Abbey of
Saint Bavo, Church of
Saint Bavo Cathedral
and Adam and Eve (panels), sale of
fire at
during French revolutionary era
and Righteous Judges (panel)
during World War I
during World War II
Saint Cloud
Saint Donatian, Church of
Saint George (Donatello)
Saint Germain, Treaty of
Saint John, Church of
Saint John at the Latin Gate
Saint Mark (Donatello)
Saint Nicholas, Church of
Saint Peter, Abbey of
Saint Pierre Cathedral
Saint Saviour, Church of
Saint Stephen, Church of
Saint-Claire, Paul
Saints
Salt mine art-storage facilities. See also Alt Aussee salt mine art-storage facility
San Miniato al Monte
Santa Maria del Fiore
Schäffer, Emil
Schiele, Egon
Schliemann, Heinrich
Schmidt-Staehler organization
Secret agents
Secret code, and Ghent Altarpiece
Seghers, Emile-Jan
Self-Portrait of Jan (J. van Eyck)
Septimius Severus
Sibyls
Sieber, Karl
Sigismond, King (of Hungary)
Signac, Paul
Silverpoint
Sizer, Theodore
Sluter, Claus
Socialist Bank of Labor
SOE. See Special Operations Executive
Solly, Edward
Sonderstab Bildende Kunst (Special Operations Staff for the Arts)
Sonneman, Emily
Spaak, Paul-Henri
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
Speer, Albert
Standhartinger, Karl
Storage facilities. See Art-storage facilities
Stout, George
Swarzenski, Georg
Sykes, William
Symbolism
Taking of Christ (Caravaggio)
Tarra, Valentin
Taylor, Francis Henry
Thirty Years’ War
Thouin, Citizen
“Three Facts Related to the Mystic Lamb” (Van den Gheyn)
Three Marys at the Tomb ( J. van Eyck)
Tiled floor, of Angelic choir (panel) (photo)
Tinet, Citizen
Titian
Tolentine, Treaty of
Transfiguration (Raphael)
Transplanting
Treasure map, and Ghent Altarpiece
Treatise of the Art of Painting (Alberti)
Triest, Josse
Triptych of the Nativity (van der Weyden)
Trotteyn, Jos
Uffizi Museum
Utrecht Cathedral
Valland, Rose
Van Artevelde, Fillip
Van Artevelde, Jacob
Van den Durpel, Ernest
Van den Gheyn, Gabriel
and Ghent Altarpiece, during World War II
and Righteous Judges (panel), theft of
and Righteous Judges (panel), theft of, theories regarding
Van der Eecke, Lyevine
Van der Veken, Jef
Van der Weyden, Rogier
Van Elewijk (district attorney)
Van Eyck, Hubert (brother)
and Ghent Altarpiece, attribution of
and Righteous Judges (panel), portrait in
Van Eyck, Jan
as alchemist
artistic development of
artistic medium of
biographical information on
as court painter
death of
as first Renaissance painter
and Ghent Altarpiece, attribution of (see also Ghent Altarpiece)
influence of
as innovator
oil medium perfected by
paintings of, forged or misattributed
popularity of
portraiture of
and realism
salary of
as secret agent
self-portrait of
signature of
tomb of, destruction of
as valet de chambre
wife and children of
Van Eyck, Lambert (brother)
Van Eyck, Margaret (sister)
Van Eyck, Marguerite (wife)
Van Eyck, Philippot (son)
Van Ginderachter, Joseph
Van Gogh, Vincent
Van Kesel, Monsignor
Van Mander, Karel
Van Meegeren, Han
Van Ogneval, Gustave
Van Ogneval, Kamiel
V
an Scorel, Jan
Van Vaernewyck, Marcus
Van Volsem, Beadle
Vasari, Giorgio
Vatican
Vaucher, Paul
Velazquez, Diego
Vendôme Decrees
Veneziano, Domenico
Venus de Medici
Vermeer, Jan
Veronese, Paolo
Verrocchio, Andrea del
Versailles, Treaty of
and Ghent Altarpiece
and Hitler
and Righteous Judges (panel), theft of
Vienna Gallery
Viennese Service for the Protection of Historical Monuments
Vijd, Christoffel
Vijd, Joos
Vijd, Joos (panel)(photo)
Vijd, Nikolaas
Vijd Chapel
Virgil
Virgin with a Choir of Angels (Botticelli)
Vissers, Johan
Visual references
Voltaire
Vom Alter der Ölmalerey aus dem Theophilus Presbyter (Lessing)
Von Behr, Kurt
Von Bode, Wilhelm
Von Falke, Otto
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
Von Hummel, Helmut
Von Kuensberg, Freiherr
Von Ribbentrop, Joachim
Von Wolff-Metternich, Franz
Voragine, Jacobus da
Waagen, Gustav
Walpole, Horace
War
War Art Project
War of 1812
Ward-Perkins, John
Waterloo, Battle of
Well of Moses (Sluter)
“ What the English Have Done in Cyrenaica,”
Wheeler, Mortimer
Where Eagles Dare (film)
Wicar, Jean-Baptiste Joseph
Winders, Max
Woolley, Sir Leonard
World War I
and art and monuments, protection of
post-, and artwork, return of
World War II
and art and monuments, protection of
art protection guidelines during
Ghent Altarpiece during
See also Germany; Hitler, Adolf; Nazis
Zechariah
Ziegler, Adolf
Noah Charney is the author of the international bestselling novel The Art Thief and the founding director of The Association for Research into Crimes against Art, an international nonprofit think tank. His work in the field of art crime has been praised in such forums as The New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, BBC Radio, and NPR. Currently a professor of art history at the American University of Rome, he lives in Italy with his wife and Hubert van Eyck, their Peruvian Hairless.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Charney, Noah.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-1-586-48924-3
1. Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece. 2. Art thefts—Belgium—Ghent. I. Title. II. Title: True story of the world’s most coveted masterpiece.
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