Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum

Four works were taken during public holiday, the day after Italian police recovered paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and MatisseFour of the most important works of art by the 15th-century Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen d…

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