Ben Stahl (artist)

Stahl painted a series of fifteen paintings in the 1950s, commissioned by the Catholic Press. Modeled after the fourteen Stations of the Cross with a fifteenth titled Resurrection, because he wanted the series to end positively, each oil painting was six feet by nine feet (1.8 × 2.7 m). Stahl opened The Museum of the Cross, which featured all fifteen paintings, his The Moment of Silent Prayer, and others of his work, some on loan from other museums, and gold rosaries. The investigation into the theft was reopened in 2013 by the Sarasota County sheriff's department and Interpol Washington, == Notes ==