Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
A double-sided panel of the Madonna with Child and Christ in Pietà was also stolen [Reuters]
Four Renaissance paintings of "extraordinary value" have been stolen from a museum in Sicily, Italy's culture minister has said. Alessandro Giuli confirmed that three panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio and a double-sided panel of the Madonna with Child and Christ in Pietà, all attributed to Antonello da Messina, were taken Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina on Saturday night.
Three of the five surviving panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio were taken [Reuters]
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