Twenty-six 18th-century pocket watches, crafted in gold and enamel by English and French manufacturers, were stolen from the Reggia di Venaria Reale, just outside Turin. The total value of the collection is estimated at 150,000 euros. The…
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News Focus Antonello da Messina Sicily Theft
The two Renoirs stolen on September 8 from the museum dedicated to the artist in Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, were recovered on October 9—almost exactly one month after the theft. DNA evidence proved decisive. However…
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They were hidden behind a wall built specifically to make them impossible to find, among concrete blocks and drywall: that is how investigators recovered the last two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir stolen on September 8 from the museum…
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Yet another theft at a French museum: Joseph Forêt’s*Apocalypse*, a monumental artist’s book famous for its cover by Salvador Dalí, based on the text of St. John, was stolen during the night between Sunday, October…
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The string of thefts that has recently plagued French museums shows no signs of stopping, and this time the victim was the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in southern France, dedicated to the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir…
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Opinions Ancient art Antonello da Messina Renaissance Sicily Theft
The Strait of Messina is unique in the world for its beauty and natural richness; it clearly surpasses the Bosphorus in quality of life, the Strait of Istanbul—which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, is heavily trafficked, and…
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Another sensational heist has taken place at a museum: one of the most valuable pieces of jewelry in the collection was stolen from the MAK—Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Two men, who entered the Viennese museum posing as ordinary…
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News Focus Antonello da Messina Sicily Theft
“It’s impossible. The mounting system of the panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych makes it impossible to remove them in the two or three minutes during which, according to press reports, the theft took place.” The…
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