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Timeline of the Crime:
Use the map to determine the time line of events including when the thieves entered, when artwork was stolen, and when the thieves exited the building.
1:24 a.m. - Two men dressed as police officers ring at the Museum security door and tell the desk guard, Richard Abath, they are responding to a disturbance. The Guard buzzes them in. The "cops" handcuff the guard and his partner, bind them with duct tape, then handcuff them a second time to pipes in the basement. All the while, "Cop" #2 asks if they are too uncomfortable and apologizes.
1:24 - 1:48 a.m. - Mystery: In crime time 24 minutes is an eternity. What were the thieves doing during this time? The length of the entire heist suggests "Extreme confidence that no one was coming, and a comfort level with the museum," says Anthony Amore, security director.
1:48 a.m. - The thieves climb the main staircase and walk down the second-floor corridor over looking the courtyard, and into the Dutch Room.
1:51 a.m. - One Thief leaves the Dutch Room and goes through the Early Italian and Raphael Rooms into the Short Gallery.
1:54 a.m. - Alarms trip back in the Dutch Room. The Thieves have begun to remove artwork from the walls.
1:56 a.m. - Alarms suggest both thieves are in the Dutch Room.
2:08 a.m. - One thief goes back into the Short Gallery.
2:09 - 2:26 a.m. - Mystery 18 minutes. One thief is in the Short Gallery, one is in the Dutch Room.
2:27 - 2:28 a.m. - At least one thief is at work in the Dutch Room.
2:28 - 2:40 a.m. - Mystery minutes - Detectors register nothing.
2:40 a.m. - The inside door opens and closes.
2:41 a.m. - The outside door opens and closes.
2:45 a.m. - The Inside door opens again, followed by the outside door, suggesting the thieves leave separately, within four minutes of each other.
Artworks were stolen upstairs from the Dutch Room, the Raphael Room, and the Short Gallery, while downstairs artworks were stolen from the Courtyard and the Blue Room.
1:24 a.m. - Two men dressed as police officers ring at the Museum security door and tell the desk guard, Richard Abath, they are responding to a disturbance. The Guard buzzes them in. The "cops" handcuff the guard and his partner, bind them with duct tape, then handcuff them a second time to pipes in the basement. All the while, "Cop" #2 asks if they are too uncomfortable and apologizes.
1:24 - 1:48 a.m. - Mystery: In crime time 24 minutes is an eternity. What were the thieves doing during this time? The length of the entire heist suggests "Extreme confidence that no one was coming, and a comfort level with the museum," says Anthony Amore, security director.
1:48 a.m. - The thieves climb the main staircase and walk down the second-floor corridor over looking the courtyard, and into the Dutch Room.
1:51 a.m. - One Thief leaves the Dutch Room and goes through the Early Italian and Raphael Rooms into the Short Gallery.
1:54 a.m. - Alarms trip back in the Dutch Room. The Thieves have begun to remove artwork from the walls.
1:56 a.m. - Alarms suggest both thieves are in the Dutch Room.
2:08 a.m. - One thief goes back into the Short Gallery.
2:09 - 2:26 a.m. - Mystery 18 minutes. One thief is in the Short Gallery, one is in the Dutch Room.
2:27 - 2:28 a.m. - At least one thief is at work in the Dutch Room.
2:28 - 2:40 a.m. - Mystery minutes - Detectors register nothing.
2:40 a.m. - The inside door opens and closes.
2:41 a.m. - The outside door opens and closes.
2:45 a.m. - The Inside door opens again, followed by the outside door, suggesting the thieves leave separately, within four minutes of each other.
Artworks were stolen upstairs from the Dutch Room, the Raphael Room, and the Short Gallery, while downstairs artworks were stolen from the Courtyard and the Blue Room.
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One artwork was stolen from the Raphael Room - Da Vinci's Madonna of the Yarnwinder. Both Raphael and DaVinci were artists during the same art movement that invented linear perspective. Which art movement is it?