Stolen Antonello da Messina Paintings Recovered in Sicily

Four works by Antonello da Messina, stolen from the MuMe museum in Messina, Sicily, have been recovered. Two of the paintings were found on a low wall, raising questions about the museum's security.

17 Aug, 10:08 — 17 Aug, 10:08

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Four Antonella da Messina works stolen from Messina museum

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 17 - Four works by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during an annual religious festival on the Feast of the Assumption in his native Sicilian city on Saturday. They were some of the only works by Antonello held in Messina. While hundreds of devotees and onlookers in Piazza Duomo were paying homage to the Vara procession, with security measures in place to ensure everything ran smoothly, and the Ferragosto sun had set a couple of hours earlier, the sensati...

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