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The Albrecht Durer engraving and Rembrandt etching, whose
loss brought on a scandal that occupied the front pages of
Boston's newspapers for weeks, turned up on a library shelf,
about 80 feet (24 m) from where they should have been filed, the
library said on Thursday.
"I was shocked to find the two prints, but it really was just
luck of the draw," said Lauren Shott, a library staffer who had
participated in the eight-week search through the library's
23-million-item collection. "Anyone of the team that's been
looking for the Durer and Rembrandt could have found them."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Police Department
and U.S. Attorney's office had all joined the investigation for
the Durer engraving of Adam and Eve, dating to 1504 and worth
about $600,00 and the 1634 Rembrandt self-portrait, estimated at
$20,000 to $30,000.
The artwork was unearthed the day after library president Amy
Ryan, dogged by weeks of charges that the library's inventory
controls were faulty, tendered her resignation, saying she
wanted "to allow the work of the Boston Public Library to
continue without distraction."
Ryan, who joined the library eight years ago, still plans to
leave her post on July 3, said spokeswoman Melina Schuler.
"Nothing has changed regarding her resignation," Schuler said.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Additional reporting by Julie Masis;
Editing by Christian Plumb)
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