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On a national holiday, thieves executed a swift and precise heist at the Museo Regionale di Messina, pilfering three panels from Antonello da Messina's Polyptych of San Gregorio and a Madonna with Child, works significant as the master's sole pieces remaining in his native Sicily.
Edmé Bouchardon’s bust of Sir John Gordon could go to overseas buyer
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CNR, theft of the "Antonello" from Messina: the 2018 forensic profile could prove invaluable if the artwork is recovered
In the wake of the Antonello da Messina theft from Messina's "Accascina" Regional Museum, the comprehensive diagnostic documentation compiled in 2018 by CNR-IPFC and the University of Palermo emerges as a critical pre-theft scientific baseline for the potential authentication and identification of the recovered artworks.
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