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Titian’s Rape of Europa, one of the most famous paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, was among the 95 paintings secreted away at the Dane Estate in Center Harbor during World War II.
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DANE from 1 was deemed safe to return them to Boston.
The archives of the Isa-
bella Stewart Gardner Museum contains the fol- lowing account of the op- eration. “During WWII, muse-
ums in vulnerable US cities were concerned for the safety of their collec- tions. Morris Carter, Mu- seum Director, inquired of several individuals and institutions if they would be able to store a portion of the ISGM collection. His inquires went as far as William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. As stated in the Annual report for 1942, “permission was obtained from a friend to use part of a building on his estate in a New Hamp- shire village as a reposi- tory for our paintings.” “The friend was Mr. Er-
nest B. Dane and the vil- lage Center Harbor, NH where Mr. and Mrs. Dane owned a vacation home. Mr. Dane actually died before the paintings were delivered to the storage area but Mrs. Dane and her son Edward (President of the Brookline Trust Co.) continued to be in favor of the operation. “On March 2nd, 1942,
95 paintings and 9 stained glass works were sent, including works by Tit- ian, Rembrandt, Cranach, Zorn, Vermeer and Whis- tler. The works were de- livered to the Dane Estate Garage by hired truck ac- companied by two armed detectives from the Wil- liam J. Burns Interna- tional Detective Agency of Boston. All precau- tions were made for the transport including the construction of special crates designed and built by George L. Stout, con- servator. “A crew of men was hired
for the 24 hour watch of the paintings. A siren was installed and a Great Dane added for extra se- curity. There were very specific regulations for the guards including regular inspection every hour on the hour. On the inspec- tions, the guards were to check that the hygrometer was running, check the temperature, that all ob- jects were in their proper place, that all windows and doors were fastened, and to record their find- ings in a log book. No smoking and no visitors See DANE on 11
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