Antonello da Messina's Annunciata will leave for Milan, but with three conditions

Contrary to the situation that had loomed in recent days, theAnnunciata, the great masterpiece by Antonello da Messina, which seemed unlikely to leave for Milan, thus running the risk of blowing up the major exhibition at the Palazzo Reale, will finally leave Sicily for the Lombard capital. However, the Sicily region’s councillor for cultural heritage, Sebastiano Tusa, has made the loan subject to three conditions.

The first: the loan must take place under conditions of reciprocity, that is, the City of Milan must guarantee, in exchange for theAnnunciata, the loan of an “adequate number of prestigious works of art exhibited at the Palazzo Reale” (so the alderman). The second, an important media return for Sicily. The third, the Region of Sicily’s co-participation in the revenues of the exhibition at the Royal Palace. “President Nello Musumeci,” Tusa then concluded, “reiterates the general principle of not authorizing for the future the loan, outside the island, of works of art of particular prestige. Any possible derogation will still have to be authorized by the regional government.”

Antonello da Messina's Annunciata will leave for Milan, but with three conditions

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