Four Renaissance artworks stolen in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday

Four Renaissance artworks stolen in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday

The priceless art was stolen on the Ferragosto holiday, marking the feast of the Assumption of Mary, during the peak of the Italian summer season

16 Aug, 14:29

Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum

The works were taken overnight without alarms being triggered, raising suspicion of a professional hit.

16 Aug, 13:34

Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Four works were taken during public holiday, the day after Italian police recovered paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Four of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during a national holiday from a museum in the Sicilian port city of Messina. Thieves gained access to the regional museum of Messina, or MuMe, on Saturday evening, possibly capitalis…

16 Aug, 11:42