WorldPingOn 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.
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WorldPingFour artworks by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from the Museo Regionale in Messina, Sicily, overnight on August 15.
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WorldPingThe thieves bypassed alarm and security systems at the MuMe museum.
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WorldPingTheft of four works on national holiday described as wound to historical memory and cultural identity of city of Messina Four of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen during a national…
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WorldPingThe works were taken overnight without alarms being triggered, raising suspicion of a professional hit.
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WorldPingLynda Albertson, an art-crime analyst, said the works are instantly recognisable, impeding any effort to sell them through reputable channels…
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Local officials have expressed their dismay and sadness at the theft which occurred during celebrations of the Virgin Mary.
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