The Great Romanov Egg Hunt: Day 3: It's about what we DIDN'T see

Friday, June 13, 2025

This moring we made our way to Boston, Massachusetts to see (or not see) some more artworks by famouse artists. Look up the Isabella Steward Gardener Museum in Boston, Massachusetts and you will see that on March 18, 1990 a heist occurred there. Netflix re-ran a specail on this a few years ago and it piqued my interest. The short story is that 13 items were stolen for this magnificet home and no one knows where those items wound up nor are there any suspects left. Anyone suspected has mysteriously died and no one knows anything about them. Among the items were two Rembrandts as shown below.

This empty space was probably "A Lady and Gentleman in Black" by Rembrandt

Here is where Rembrandt's "The Storm of the Sea of Galilee" once hung.

There were also several drawings stolen during this heist. Some done by Degas (ya know, the guy who did that ballerina sculpture from yesterday's Blog entry.) Here a picture of some of those stolen drawings.

There was SO much to see in this home. Everywhere we turned, there was something else just as cool and amazing as the items before. Each room is a different color and dedicated to a different genre of art or artifacts. There were so many paitings that the walls of each room were just covered. Tapestries and archetectual pieces from castles. Sacristy robes for ministers, kneelers, pulpits, and bibles.

The day pretty much ended after leaving the museum I wanted to have lunch at Cheers, but the line was down the sidewalk and parking was at a premium. We did enjoy a drive through historic Boston and admired the buildings. Some of which reminded us from Paris.

Dinner was a carry out restaurtant that specialzes in pizza and Italian dishes. Fairly good meal to round out the day.

Oh, one last thing. Here's our buffalo. Found on a Nissan from New Hampsire parked directly behind us in the parking deck in Boston this morning.