Four Renaissance Masterpieces Stolen from Sicilian Museum
Core Summary Four paintings of “extraordinary value” have been stolen from the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum in Messina, Sicily. Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli confirmed that three panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio and a double-sided panel of the Madonna with Child and Christ in Piete, all attributed to 15th-century master Antonello da Messina, were taken on Saturday night. Police are investigating how thieves entered without triggering alarms, with initial suspicion pointing to an organized black-market art theft operation. ...