A viral Instagram video by Emily Kaplan claims that two artworks stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 appear in tax estate documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Kaplan suggests the Rembrandt etching and a painting attributed to Govaert Flinck were listed, potentially linking the infamous art heist to Epstein's financial network for money laundering.
The Gardner Museum has firmly denied the claim, stating the information is incorrect and harmful to the ongoing investigation. The museum clarified the correct titles of the works and warned that such misinformation diverts resources and could delay the recovery of the stolen art, which remains one of the world's most famous unsolved museum thefts.