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Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo, a tempera-on-panel painting dating from around 1470 on display for reporters at the Italian Senate, 27 March 2026

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Video. Italy buys devotional Renaissance painting for €12 million

Updated: 31/03/2026 - 10:35 GMT+2

For the second time in a month, Italy has spent millions to buy a historic painting as it moves to protect its national art heritage. The government has acquired a devotional painting of early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina for €12.6 million euros.

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