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THE ART THIEF
by Michael Finkel

Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Christina Hale
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1StephaneBreitweiserArt thief. AKA: Steph.
 Anne-CatherineKleinklausArt thief accomplice. Stephane's girlfriend. AKA: Nena.
   The Rubens House - An elegant museum.
 Peter PaulRubensThe great Flemish painter of the 17th century
 GeorgPetelSculpted an ivory Adam and Eve. A German carver.
2Diana The Roman Goddess of hunting and fertility.
 Catherineof AlexandriaAn early Christian Saint.
 Cupid God of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection.
 Napoleon French Military and political leader.
 EmileGalleFrench artist.
 Cranach German painter.
  BrueghelArtist.
  BoucherFrench painter.
  WatteauFrench painter.
  GoyenSpanish artist.
  DurerGerman painter.
3 RembrandtDutch painter.
4RonaldBreitweiserStephane's father. Executive manager of a Department Store Chain.
 MireilleStengelStephane's mother. A hospital nurse specializing in Child Care.
 RobertBreitweiserThe acclaimed Alsatian Expressionist.
 AlinePhilippeStephane's maternal grandmother.
 JosephStengelStephane's maternal grandfather.
 JuliusCeasarRoman dictator.
5EricBraunAnne-Catherine's attorney.
 JosephKleinklausAnne-Catherine's father. A line cook.
 GinetteMuringerAnne-Catherine's mother. A day care worker.
7  La Gazette Drouot - French weekly art journal.
 Christian WilhelmErnst Dietrich18th Century German realist.
   Stendhal Syndrome - A psychosomatic condition that occurs when individuals are exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty.
  StendhalFrench writer who wrote about his experience in Florence's Stan Croce Basilica.
 GraziellaMagheriniThe Chief of Psychiatry at Florence's Central Hospital.
 MichelSchmidtSwiss psychotherapist.
8VicenzoPeruggiaThe first man who took the Mona Lisa.
 MylesConnor JR.New England criminal mastermind.
 SaintJeromeEarly Christian theologian.
9WillemVan MierisDutch golden age master.
10LucasCranach (1)Painted Sibylle of Cleves. AKA: Lucas Cranach The Younger.
 Lucas Cranach (2)Lucas Cranach (1)'s father. AKA: Lucas Cranach The Elder.
11HenriBrunnerA Strasbourg Psychologist.
 FabriceDuvalA psychiatrist Steph saw in 1999.
 CesarRedondoFrench psychologist.
  LysippusA celebrated sculptor in 4th Century BC.
 ConstantineThe GreatFormer Roman emperor.
 Napoleon Former emperor of the French.
  NebuchadnezzarThe Babylonian King.
 FranciscoPizarroFormer Governor of New Castle.
 HernanCortesFormer Governor of New Spain.
 QueenChristina(Of Sweden). Paid her Generals in artwork in 1648.
 Plinythe ElderAn historian.
13ChristianMeichlerOne of Steph's closest friends.
 LucienneSchneiderFrench psychologist.
14RichardGreenAn iconic London dealer.
 Jan Van Kesselthe ElderArtist.
 CharlesFrancois-HannongDutch ceramicist.
14AlexandreVon der MuhllA Swiss inspector specializing in Art Crime.
 PabloPicassoArtist.
 GeryPieretA Belgian conman and serial thief.
 SalvadorDaliArtist.
 AndyWarholArtist.
 JoanMiroArtist.
   OCBC - Office for the Fight Against Trafficking in Cultural Goods
 BernardDartiesAn OCBC agent.
16Corneillede LyonA court painter.
 Francois I The famously art-struck King.
 Medeleine Francois's teenage daughter.
18EdwardLloydFounded Lloyd's of London.
 Darties French art inspector.
 CharleyHillOne of the art-hunting greats.
 NoahCharneyThe professor who founded the Association for Research into Crimes against Art.
19SemirZekiA professor of neuroscience at the University College of London.
20WernerMeunsterbergerA German psychoanalyst.
 ErinThompsonA professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
22WillemVan AelstDutch artist.
23DavidVinckboonsDutch landscape master.
 Jan Brueghelthe ElderFlemish artist.
 
 
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