FBI Art Crime Team Update

The Art Crime Team added a new piece to their most wanted list.  The painting below, titled “A Cavalier” is a tiny painting of oil on oak by a Dutch Master and is valued at over a million bucks. 

Someone swiped it from a museum in Australia.

From the FBI here:

A Cavalier, by Dutch artist Frans Van Mieris was recently stolen from an Australian art gallery. Valued at more than $1 million, it is the latest addition to the FBI Top Ten Art Crimes list.

Here are the facts:
… The painting was taken on Sunday, June 10 from the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney while the museum was open to the public.
… An oil on oak panel, it depicts a man believed to be the artist seated in a chair wearing a feathered cap and formal attire.
… The work of art is tiny—without the frame, the painting is just 20 centimeters high and 16 centimeters wide, or roughly 6 x 8 inches.