Media

Press

As Seen In &
Heard Around the World

Robert Wittman has been featured in major international print, broadcast, and digital media. As the FBI's national spokesperson for art theft matters, he has provided expert commentary to outlets across the United States and abroad.

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Press Inquiries

Press Highlights

The Wall Street Journal "A living legend."

The London Times "The most famous art detective in the world."

Kirkus Reviews "A fascinating scholarly detective story… a welcome one."

NY Journal of Books "Cannot be recommended too highly."

Television

Featured On Screen

The Lost Leonardo (2021)

Featured in this acclaimed documentary investigating the world's most expensive painting — exploring art market fraud, provenance, and the murky intersection of money and culture.

History's Greatest Mysteries (2020)

Appeared as an expert in this History Channel series examining the world's most enduring unsolved cases and historical enigmas.

History Channel — Hunting Hitler (2016)

Featured in Season 3 of this acclaimed series, applying his investigative and cultural property expertise to one of history's most enduring mysteries.

America's 9/11 Flag: Rise from the Ashes (2016)

Appeared in this documentary chronicling the recovery and restoration of the American flag that flew at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001.

History Channel — Lost History

Featured in this History Channel series, bringing his investigative expertise to high-profile historical mysteries and missing artifacts, including an investigation at Little Bighorn.

How It Really Happened (HLN)

Contributed expert commentary to this true-crime series examining landmark criminal cases and investigations from a fresh perspective.

Notable Cases — As Covered by the Press

Recoveries That Made Headlines

Peru Recovery of a 2,000-year-old golden Pre-Columbian backflap — armor worn by warrior-priests of the Moche civilization — in a sting operation on the New Jersey Turnpike. Valued in excess of $1.6 million.

Spain Recovery of seventeen stolen paintings from a private Madrid estate, including two works by Francisco de Goya, valued at up to $50 million.

USA Recovery of colonial North Carolina's original copy of the Bill of Rights — stolen by a Union soldier in April 1865 and returned 140 years later. Valued at $30 million.

USA Recovery of the Tiffany presentation sword awarded to Admiral John Lorimer Worden for his command of the USS Monitor. Stolen from the U.S. Naval Academy. Valued at $650,000.

USA Recovery of Apache medicine man Geronimo's eagle feather war bonnet, valued at $1.2 million.

As Seen In &Heard Around the World