# Thieves steal Renaissance masterpieces in Italian museum heist during holiday

https://mins.news/en/item/23816

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 03:53 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/17/thieves-steal-renaissance-artworks-in-museum-heist-during-italian-holiday?traffic_source=rss

> Four Renaissance works by Antonello da Messina, valued at up to 80 million euros ($93m), were stolen from the MuMe museum in Messina during Sicily’s Ferragosto holiday. The thieves took a double-sided devotional panel and three sections of the San Gregorio Polyptych, leaving two panels behind.

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