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The Russborough House Robbery (1974)
In 1974 Rose Dugdale, an English heiress turned IRA militant, led a gang that stole nineteen paintings from the Beit collection to ransom for the release of republican prisoners. All were recovered within days.
The Russborough House Robbery (1986)
In 1986 the Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill — 'The General' — led a raid on Russborough House, taking eighteen works including a Vermeer and a Goya. They were recovered piecemeal over years.
Francisco de Goya
Spanish master summoned before the Inquisition over 'The Naked Maja', one of the earliest unabashed female nudes in Western art, whose frank sensuality made it a target of religious and moral authorities.
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington
Goya's portrait of the Iron Duke, stolen from London's National Gallery in 1961 by Kempton Bunton in protest at the TV licence fee — an episode later dramatised in film. Returned in 1965.
