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Second Scene Of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810. The work is one of a pair: the first scene depicts the burglary of a bourgeois home in progress, while this painting shows the second scene—the discovery of the crime. The dramatic story, told through the figures’ theatrical gestures and expressions, inspired a play based on the two compositions. Second Scene Of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)