Where to See Milk Jug: Private Collection, Unknown

Vincent van Gogh completed this Milk Jug, a modest still life of a simple ceramic vessel. The composition focuses on the jug's solid form and the subtle tonal variations of its cream-colored surface. Van Gogh's early Dutch works often featured humble household objects rendered with careful observation.

This painting was among the works stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the infamous 1990 heist, and it remains missing. The theft also took works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and others, representing one of the greatest art crimes in history.

This painting was stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston during the largest art heist in history. Its whereabouts remain unknown, and the FBI continues investigating the case.

Vincent van Gogh created this early still life. He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose expressive style would later influence modern art profoundly.

In March 1990, thieves disguised as police officers stole 13 works worth over $500 million, including this Van Gogh, Vermeer's The Concert, and three Rembrandts. None have been recovered.

Vincent van Gogh created this early still life. He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose expressive style would later influence modern art profoundly.

In March 1990, thieves disguised as police officers stole 13 works worth over $500 million, including this Van Gogh, Vermeer's The Concert, and three Rembrandts. None have been recovered.

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