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 i…
ROME — The theft of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have involved organized crime and raised troubling questions about security at a museum in the Sicilian artist's hometown, a local official said.
A drone view shows the Museo Regionale di Messina, where four artworks by 15th-century painter Antonello da Messina were stolen overnight, in Messina, Sicily, Italy, Aug. 16.
The five surviving panels of Antonello da Messina's 1473 "Polittico di San Gregorio" (San Gregorio Polyptych), three of which were stolen from the Museo Regionale Accascina in Messina, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on Aug. 16.
A drone view shows the Museo Regionale di Messina, where four artworks by 15th-century painter Antonello da Messina were stolen overnight, in Messina, Sicily, Italy, Aug. 16.
The five surviving panels of Antonello da Messina's 1473 "Polittico di San Gregorio" (San Gregorio Polyptych), three of which were stolen from the Museo Regionale Accascina in Messina, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on Aug. 16.
