French painter and draughtsman, pivotal in Fauvism and modern art
Thieves have taken three panels from Antonello da Messina's San Gregorio polyptych and a small double-sided devotional panel from the Regional Museum in Messina late on Aug. 15 during the city's Vara procession. Two panels were later abandoned near the museum. Authorities are investigating a likely commissioned theft and probing how alarms were circumvented.
Stolen artworks attributed to Antonello da Messina have been taken from the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina during a late Saturday burglary caught on Assumption Day in the city. Five wooden panels comprising the San Gregorio Polyptych and a small two-sided Virgin and Christ painting have been seized; two panels were left behind near the museum grounds. Authorities suspect the theft was ordered for high-value art trafficking.
Two men have smashed a glass case at Vienna’s MAK museum, seizing a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace designed for an Egyptian royal wedding in 1939. Police say the suspects fled in an unknown direction; the piece is valued at millions. The theft follows a wave of recent European museum heists amid rising security concerns.
Two thieves have broken into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer before 06:00 and have taken four Renoir paintings each estimated at about €9m. Municipal police reached the scene within five minutes after the alarm sounded; two works were abandoned and recovered in the museum garden and two paintings remain missing as investigators search for suspects.
Two Renoir paintings were stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, with two others abandoned during a quick smash-and-grab. Police are searching for the culprits amid wider concerns about security in smaller European museums following a spate of high-profile art thefts.
Two Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintings stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes‑sur‑Mer on 8 September have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, prosecutors have said. Investigators have used DNA, vehicle tracking and surveillance footage to tie suspects to the heist and to a planned second raid on a nearby modern art foundation.