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Aug 16, 2026

Four Renaissance artworks by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Thieves stole four works attributed to 15th-century Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a museum in his hometown of Messina, Sicily, during the Italian Ferragosto holiday.

Aug 16, 2026·15 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪The thieves who targeted the Museo Regionale di Messina removed all five panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych from their frame but abandoned two panels on a wall outside the museum.
  • ▪The San Gregorio Polyptych, from which three panels were stolen on August 15, 2026, was the only surviving masterpiece by Antonello da Messina that had never left his native city of Messina.
  • ▪Art expert Alberto Fiz estimated the value of the four stolen Antonello da Messina artworks at 70 million to 80 million euros.

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