CultureFour ‘extraordinary’ Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum

Four Renaissance works described as being of “extraordinary value” were taken from Sicily’s Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina on Saturday night. The stolen pieces include three panels from the Polyptych of San Gregorio and a double-sided panel depicting the Madonna with Child and Christ in Pietà, all attributed to Antonello da Messina. Police are investigating how the thieves entered without setting off the alarm.