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Frenchman and author Stéphane Breitwieser admitted stealing 239 art pieces worth about $2 billion from 200 European museums. One valuable painting he took was Sybille, Princess of Cleves painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1526, from the New Castle in Baden-Baden, Germany. Michael Finkel in his book The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsessionwrote, per The New York Post: “No tobacco or caffeine, no alcohol except a sip of wine and never marijuana or anything harder. But a pure dose of art can set his head to spinning.” He adds: “To him, beauty is the world’s only tr…

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