Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday - AP News

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday  AP News

Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum

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

Art Heist: 4 Antonello da Messina Paintings Stolen From Sicily

The works, by Antonello da Messina, were taken as the Sicilian city of Messina held a religious celebration.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

They removed all five panels of the 'San Gregorio Polyptych' from their frame, but abandoned two behind a wall while fleeing. An art expert estimated the stolen works at €70 million to €80 million.

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 capitalising on attention being focused on La Vara, a huge religious festival that tak...

By Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security

On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.

By Willem Marx

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday - CNN

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday  CNN

Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter's hometown

The thieves entered the Museo Regionale di Messina late on Saturday, while the town was busy celebrating Assumption Day.

'It was almost out of a movie': Antonello da Messina art stolen from museum in hometown in Italy

Three panels from ‌Polittico di San Gregorio altarpiece and a separate painting depicting the Virgin with Child were taken from the Museo Regionale di Messina in the 15th-century painter's hometown.

Italy: Four Renaissance artworks stolen from Messina museum in Sicily

Four artworks by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from the Museo Regionale in Messina, Sicily, overnight on August 15. The thieves took three panels from his Polittico di San Gregorio, depriving the city of part of the only surviving works by the painter still held in his hometown. Italian authorities have launched an investigation. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta, correspondent in Italy, has the latest.

By FRANCE24

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

By Brittney Donovan

Sicilian museum heist: Thieves steal Antonello da Messina's four Renaissance artworks on Italian holiday

The Italian government in March bought a devotional painting titled “Ecce Homo” by da Messina for $14.9 million.

Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter's hometown - The Straits Times

Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter's hometown  The Straits Times

Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday

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Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter's hometown - The Star

Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter's hometown  The Star

Italy recovers stolen Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse artworks, detains 5

Italian authorities recovered three artworks by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth millions of euros that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near the northern city...