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Messina mystery: theft of Renaissance art from Sicilian museum leaves investigators baffled

How did thieves pull off robbery of Antonello da Messina’s 15th-century masterpiece – and why did they leave part of it behind?

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Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid

Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hours

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Renaissance art theft shocks Italy as four Antonello da Messina works stolen from Sicily museum

Four significant artworks by Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Messina, Sicily. The thieves bypassed security measures during a busy holiday period on August 15. Two panels were later found abandoned outside the museum building. Investigators are examining how the security systems were compromised during the theft.…

The Economic Times

Priceless art stolen in museum heist months after Italy raised painter’s profile

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Thieves bypass security to steal four Renaissance artworks from Sicily museum

The thieves stole three of the five surviving panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych, dated to 1473, as well as the double-sided panel depicting the Virgin Mary and the dead Christ in Pietà.

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Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist

Four works attributed to celebrated Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a regional museum in Messina, Italian media reported Sunday, in a heist carried out during the country’s Ferragosto holiday.

The Times of India

Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Theft of four works on national holiday described as wound to historical memory and cultural identity of city of Messina

The Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

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

Four artworks by Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum. The theft occurred overnight on an Italian national holiday. Thieves took only works that never left the painter's hometown. This theft deprives Messina of unique Renaissance art pieces. Italian police recently recovered other stolen paintings.

The Economic Times

Italy buys devotional early Renaissance painting for €12 million under art patrimony policy

For the second time in a month, Italy has spent millions to buy a historic painting as it moves to protect its national art heritage. The government has acquired a devotional painting of early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina for €12.6 million euros.

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Italy's culture minister pledges to buy more artworks, as latest purchase shown in Rome

Italy's culture minister says he plans to increases purchases of major artworks, as the ministry unveiled a newly bought Antonello da Messina painting in the Senate

The Independent UK

‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them

Much of Messina’s cultural memory was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake, but the Italian government has secured a masterpiece by the port city’s greatest son

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A sumptuous rehang, jumbo jellyfish and naive manly paintings – the week in art

The revamped National Gallery offers a new take on its glorious wonders, a psychoanalytical painter tackles masculinity, and abstract watercolours rise from the deep

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