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The custodian responsible for the Antonello da Messina painting is under investigation for allegedly making false statements to prosecutors. This probe follows the heist of the valuable artwork.
Four museum guards in Messina, Italy, will face disciplinary action following the theft of valuable Renaissance artworks by Antonello da Messina. The theft occurred around the Feast of the Assumption.
Thieves broke into a museum in Sicily and stole four works by Antonello da Messina, reportedly deactivating the alarm system with ease.
Investigators are exploring the possibility that the Antonello da Messina heist may have been an inside job. The theft of the artwork is under close scrutiny.
Four priceless Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Sicily during an Italian national holiday. Thieves bypassed alarm systems to carry out the heist.
A review of Italy's most sensational art thefts highlights a long list of unresolved cases, including the 1974 theft of Antonello da Messina's 'Ecce Homo' and Giovanni Bellini's 'Madonna with Child'.
Two of the four Antonello da Messina paintings stolen last weekend in Sicily have been recovered after thieves abandoned them during their escape. Suspicions of Mafia involvement in the theft have reportedly strengthened.
Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against four museum guards in Messina following the theft of valuable Renaissance paintings by artist Antonello da Messina.
Claudio Strinati, the new president of the Superior Council for Cultural Heritage, analyzed the 'southern question' regarding art security in Italy, following the theft of an Antonello da Messina masterpiece.
A Sicilian museum in Messina was hit by an €80 million art theft, with four works by Antonello da Messina stolen, though two were later recovered on a wall.
Fiorella Sricchia Santoro, a leading Italian art historian, was interviewed following the theft of an artwork by Antonello da Messina, lamenting the grave loss of a piece that had even survived an earthquake.
Residents of Messina are campaigning for the return of Antonello da Messina's "Ecce Homo," a masterpiece secured by the Italian government, to its city of origin.
Four custodians at a museum in Messina have been transferred following the theft of six valuable works by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina from the gallery on Saturday.
Disciplinary action is pending for custodians following the theft of an Antonello da Messina artwork. The investigation is focusing on the security protocols and responsibilities of the personnel involved.
Four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen in Messina, Sicily, with suspicions of mafia involvement, potentially for blackmail. Two of the artworks were later found discarded outside a museum.
Four 'priceless' Renaissance paintings by master Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Sicily, Italy. The heist occurred during local festivities, which may have provided a distraction for the thieves.
Four Renaissance artworks by Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Messina, Sicily, during a holiday. The valuable paintings, over five centuries old, were taken in a nighttime heist.
Sicilians are campaigning for the return of Antonello da Messina’s masterpiece 'Ecce Homo,' arguing it belongs with them after much of Messina's cultural memory was lost in a 1908 earthquake.