Lost artworks

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Lost artworks are original pieces of art that credible sources indicate once existed but that cannot be accounted for in museums or private collections or are known to have been destroyed deliberately or accidentally, or neglected through ignorance and lack of connoisseurship.

The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; a 2006 book by Simon Houpt and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.

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Chronology of notable loss events

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Research and recovery efforts

The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London.

In the U.S., the FBI maintains the Stolen Art File, "a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are submitted for entry to the NSAF by law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad."

A number of search and recovery efforts were created in response to major loss events, notably:

• Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program ("Monuments Men"), 1943-1946
• Bureau of Revindication and Damages (Poland), operated from 1945 to 1951
• Bureau of the Government Representative for Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad, 1991-

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List of notable lost artworks

• Missing works with the highest estimated market values

Pre-16th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

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List of notable finds

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List of notable disputed finds

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See also

• List of missing treasures
• Lost film
• Lost work
• List of destroyed heritage

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References

Notes

Bibliography

Books

Journals

News

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External links

• Media related to Lost artworks at Wikimedia Commons
• The Story of Leonardo da Vinci's Horse
• 9/11 Attacks Destroy Cultural and Historical Artifacts
• The Britart fire
• Lost Art. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Library Collections. In the Library's Photographs and Clippings Files.
• Lost Art -- Masterpieces Destroyed in War in Flickr
• Destroyed Works of Art and Architecture Group in Flickr

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