The Nation - News from Feb. 10, 1988

At least 11 Old Master paintings worth more than $6 million, some dating back to the 14th Century, were stolen from an Upper East Side New York art gallery in what experts said was one of the biggest art thefts ever in the United States. A police source said the burglary at the Colnaghi Art Gallery included works of Fra Angelico, Lodovico Carracci, Paolo Catlamara, Gaspar Dughet, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, Giovanni Benedette Castiglione, Nicola van Houbraken and Willem Kalf. The thieves apparently entered the gallery through a skylight, police said.