# Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

https://mins.news/en/item/23463

- The Guardian, 2026-08-16 11:42 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/16/antonello-da-messina-renaissance-paintings-stolen-sicilian-museum-holiday

> Four important works by 15th-century Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina were stolen from Messina’s regional museum during Italy’s Ferragosto holiday. The thieves took three panels from the Polittico di San Gregorio altarpiece and a small double-sided painting depicting the Virgin and Child, a Franciscan monk and Christ. The theft followed the recovery of stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse paintings by Italian police.

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