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A journalist browses the Messina museum website showing a picture of the Early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina's artwork in Rome on Sunday, 16 Aug, 2026.

Video. Thieves steal four Renaissance artworks from Sicily museum

Updated: 16/08/2026 - 20:09 GMT+2

The thieves stole three of the five surviving panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych, dated to 1473, as well as the double-sided panel depicting the Virgin Mary and the dead Christ in Pietà.

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