Stéphane Breitweiser is a well-known French art thief and novelist who is known for his heists. While traveling across Europe and working as a server, he admits to taking 239 paintings and other displays from 172 museums. He is unlike most other art robbers in that he did not remove them for financial gain. He was a self-described art aficionado who stole to amass a sizable personal collection of masterworks from the 16th and 17th centuries. Despite the vastness of his assortment, he was able to recollect each and every item he had stolen. Several times throughout his trial, he halted the long reading of his collections to rectify various details.