Art & Design
Art Heists Quiz
From Isabella Stewart Gardner to the Mona Lisa — 50 questions on the world's greatest art thefts.
From Isabella Stewart Gardner to the Mona Lisa — 50 questions on the world's greatest art thefts.
The 1990 Gardner Museum heist, worth $500 million, remains the largest unsolved art theft in history with 13 works still missing. Art crime is estimated at $4–6 billion annually, ranking as the third-largest international criminal trade after drugs and arms. From a Louvre handyman walking out with the Mona Lisa under his coat to Nazi looting on an industrial scale, this quiz explores the audacious thefts, dramatic recoveries, and perpetually missing masterpieces that have defined art crime.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll explore the Gardner heist, the Mona Lisa theft, Nazi looting and the Monuments Men, Klimt's Bloch-Bauer recovery, and the Sicilian Mafia connection to art crime.
13 works on March 18, 1990, including Vermeer's 'The Concert,' Rembrandt's 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee,' and works by Manet, Degas, Flinck, plus a bronze beaker and an eagle finial. Empty frames still hang in their place.
Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia, a former Louvre worker. He hid in a broom closet, took the painting overnight, and hid it for 2 years before being caught trying to sell it to the Uffizi.
Still missing. The Nazis dismantled the original Tsarist Amber Room from Catherine Palace in 1941. Despite decades of searching, its fate remains one of WWII's great unsolved mysteries.
Last updated: April 2026