Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were stolen from his Sicilian hometown on Saturday after surviving earthquakes and centuries of history. Crooks took them while locals celebrated a religious holiday.

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.

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

Four artworks by 15th century painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a museum overnight according to Italy's culture minister.

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.

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…

Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum on the Italian Ferragosto