Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Have you seen these paintings?
Join Christeah (@professorpeachez) for a deep dive into one of Canada’s most bizarre crime stories: The robbery of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art Museum in 1972, a.k.a. The Skylight Caper.
How did a daring, Hollywood-level heist like this actually happen? Where are the stolen paintings? Who's responsible? And why has almost no one heard of this incredible story? Watch the video to learn more!
Motion Graphics/Editing: Gui Morilha
Original Artwork: Noah Crowder
Research Assistant: Amelia Smith
Produced in association with CBC Creator Network.
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Special thanks to:
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Featured artworks include:
1958.1200
Jan Brueghel le Vieux
Bruxelles 1568 Anvers 1625
Paysage avec une charette
Huile sur cuivre
19,05 x 26,67 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, don de Mlle Jean Scott
Photo MBAM
1958.1200
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Brussels 1568 Antwerp 1625
Landscape with Wagon
Oil on copper
19.05 x 26.67 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Miss Jean Scott
Photo MMFA
1962.1345
JeanBaptiste Camille Corot
Paris 1796 Villed'Avray 1875
La rêveuse à la fontaine
18551863
Huile sur toile
64,1 x 46,3 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, don à la mémoire
de M. et Mme William F.
Angus
Photo MBAM
1962.1345
JeanBaptiste Camille Corot
Paris 1796 Villed'Avray 1875
The Dreamer at the Fountain
18551863
Oil on canvas
64.1 x 46.3 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, gift in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Angus
Photo MMFA
1955.1109
Pierre Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 Anvers 1640
Tête d'un jeune homme
Huile sur toile ou papier, reportée sur panneau
53,34 x 41,91 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, achat, fonds John W. Tempest et legs William
Gilman Cheney
Photo MBAM
1955.1109
Peter Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 Antwerp 1640
Head of a Young Man
Oil on canvas or paper, transferred on panel
53.34 x 41.91 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, purchase, John W. Tempest Fund and William
Gilman Cheney Bequest
Photo MMFA
1945.910
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Leyde 1606 Amsterdam 1669
Paysage avec chaumières
1654
Huile sur panneau
25,4 x 39,37 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, legs Adaline Van Horne
Photo MBAM
1945.910
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Leiden 1606 Amsterdam 1669
Landscape with Cottages
1654
Oil on panel
25.4 x 39.37 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Adaline Van Horne Bequest
Photo MMFA
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Have you seen these paintings?
Join Christeah (@professorpeachez) for a deep dive into one of Canada’s most bizarre crime stories: The robbery of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art Museum in 1972, a.k.a. The Skylight Caper.
How did a daring, Hollywood-level heist like this actually happen? Where are the stolen paintings? Who's responsible? And why has almost no one heard of this incredible story? Watch the video to learn more!
Motion Graphics/Editing: Gui Morilha
Original Artwork: Noah Crowder
Research Assistant: Amelia Smith
Produced in association with CBC Creator Network.
--------------
Special thanks to:
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Featured artworks include:
1958.1200
Jan Brueghel le Vieux
Bruxelles 1568 Anvers 1625
Paysage avec une charette
Huile sur cuivre
19,05 x 26,67 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, don de Mlle Jean Scott
Photo MBAM
1958.1200
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Brussels 1568 Antwerp 1625
Landscape with Wagon
Oil on copper
19.05 x 26.67 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Miss Jean Scott
Photo MMFA
1962.1345
JeanBaptiste Camille Corot
Paris 1796 Villed'Avray 1875
La rêveuse à la fontaine
18551863
Huile sur toile
64,1 x 46,3 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, don à la mémoire
de M. et Mme William F.
Angus
Photo MBAM
1962.1345
JeanBaptiste Camille Corot
Paris 1796 Villed'Avray 1875
The Dreamer at the Fountain
18551863
Oil on canvas
64.1 x 46.3 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, gift in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Angus
Photo MMFA
1955.1109
Pierre Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 Anvers 1640
Tête d'un jeune homme
Huile sur toile ou papier, reportée sur panneau
53,34 x 41,91 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, achat, fonds John W. Tempest et legs William
Gilman Cheney
Photo MBAM
1955.1109
Peter Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 Antwerp 1640
Head of a Young Man
Oil on canvas or paper, transferred on panel
53.34 x 41.91 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, purchase, John W. Tempest Fund and William
Gilman Cheney Bequest
Photo MMFA
1945.910
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Leyde 1606 Amsterdam 1669
Paysage avec chaumières
1654
Huile sur panneau
25,4 x 39,37 cm
Musée des beauxarts de Montréal, legs Adaline Van Horne
Photo MBAM
1945.910
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Leiden 1606 Amsterdam 1669
Landscape with Cottages
1654
Oil on panel
25.4 x 39.37 cm
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Adaline Van Horne Bequest
Photo MMFA
--------------
»Subscribe to CBC Arts to watch more videos: bit.ly/CBCArtsSubscribe
Find us at: cbc.ca/arts
CBC Arts on Facebook: facebook.com/cbcarts
CBC Arts on Instagram: instagram.com/cbcarts
About: Welcome to CBC Arts, your home for the most surprising, relevant and provocative stories featuring artists from diverse communities across Canada. Our job is to fill your feed with the disruptors and innovators changing how we see the country through movement, images and sound — and to inspire you to join in too.
#ArtHeist #ArtCrime #Deepdive #videoessay
