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Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday
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Four Renaissance artworks by Antonello da Messina were stolen from the MuMe regional museum in Sicily during the Ferragosto holiday. Experts suggest the high-profile nature of the works makes them difficult to sell on the open market.
Thieves stole four works attributed to the Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum in the Sicilian city of Messina on the Italian Ferragosto holiday, the news agency LaPresse reported on Sunday (August 16, 2026).
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