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* ... that the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] 20 years ago today used the [[millennium celebrations]] as cover? <small>Source: "[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/03/johnezard With the noise of his break-in masked by celebratory fireworks, the burglar cut a hole in the roof of the Ashmolean museum and descended to its art gallery by rope ladder.]" ''The Guardian'', January 2, 2000</small>
 
* ... that the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] 20 years ago today used the [[millennium celebrations]] as cover? <small>Source: "[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/03/johnezard With the noise of his break-in masked by celebratory fireworks, the burglar cut a hole in the roof of the Ashmolean museum and descended to its art gallery by rope ladder.]" ''The Guardian'', January 2, 2000</small>
 
** '''ALT1''':... that novelist [[Iain Pears]] called the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] near his house 20 years ago today "jolly brilliant"?  <small>Source: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/arts/art-world-nightmare-made-order-theft-stolen-works-like-oxford-s-cezanne-can.html Mr. Pears, a specialist in ancient crime whose latest book, ''An Instance of the Fingerpost,'' is a whodunit set in a conspiracy-laden England after the death of Oliver Cromwell, had a theory about the smoke canister -- that it was timed to set the alarm off at midnight so that guards would assume a Y2K computer glitch was to blame. 'Jolly brilliant,' he judged.]" ''The New York Times''; February 3, 2000</small>
 
** '''ALT1''':... that novelist [[Iain Pears]] called the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] near his house 20 years ago today "jolly brilliant"?  <small>Source: "[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/arts/art-world-nightmare-made-order-theft-stolen-works-like-oxford-s-cezanne-can.html Mr. Pears, a specialist in ancient crime whose latest book, ''An Instance of the Fingerpost,'' is a whodunit set in a conspiracy-laden England after the death of Oliver Cromwell, had a theory about the smoke canister -- that it was timed to set the alarm off at midnight so that guards would assume a Y2K computer glitch was to blame. 'Jolly brilliant,' he judged.]" ''The New York Times''; February 3, 2000</small>
** '''ALT2''':... that the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] 20 years ago today was seen as similar to a scene in the movie ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]''? <small>"'My personal theory is that they're very media-alert,' Ms. Burrows said, noting that people had pointed out the similarities between the Ashmolean theft and the movie ''Entrapment,'' in which Sean Connery pulls off a stunning art theft.", ''New York Times'', cited above.</small>
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** '''ALT2''':... that the theft of [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from the [[Ashmolean Museum]] 20 years ago today was seen as similar to a scene in the movie ''[[Entrapment (film)|Entrapment]]''{{-?}} <small>"'My personal theory is that they're very media-alert,' Ms. Burrows said, noting that people had pointed out the similarities between the Ashmolean theft and the movie ''Entrapment,'' in which Sean Connery pulls off a stunning art theft.", ''New York Times'', cited above.</small>
 
** '''ALT3''':... that [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'', stolen 20 years ago today from the [[Ashmolean Museum|Ashmolean]], was given to the museum to settle a tax debt? <small>"[http://collections.ashmolean.org/collection/search/per_page/25/offset/0/sort_by/date/category/paintings/start/1884/end/1884/object/51616 Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Dr Richard and Mrs Walzer, 1980]</small>
 
** '''ALT3''':... that [[Paul Cézanne]]'s '''''[[View of Auvers-sur-Oise]]''''' ''(pictured)'', stolen 20 years ago today from the [[Ashmolean Museum|Ashmolean]], was given to the museum to settle a tax debt? <small>"[http://collections.ashmolean.org/collection/search/per_page/25/offset/0/sort_by/date/category/paintings/start/1884/end/1884/object/51616 Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Dr Richard and Mrs Walzer, 1980]</small>
 
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland|Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland]]
 
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland|Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland]]

Revision as of 08:26, 26 December 2019

View of Auvers-sur-Oise

View of Auvers-sur-Oise
View of Auvers-sur-Oise

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 23:31, 21 December 2019 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg A very well-written article, refs and image used check out ok and is DYK-eligible based on newness and length. QPQ is met. I found Alt2 hook to be particularly intriguing, but the original hook is good, too. This DYK should run on January 1.  JGHowes  talk 14:32, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Never mind, it's in the January 1 holding area. Yoninah (talk) 18:30, 24 December 2019 (UTC)