Mid-August coup at the MuMe in Messina: four works by Antonello da Messina stolen

Four works by Antonello da Messina, the most important Sicilian painter of the fifteenth century: this is the spoils of the 'Mid-August coup' at the MuMe, the Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Messina. Three out of five panels belonging to the Polyptych of San Gregorio and the two-faced panel with the Madonna and Christ in mercy were stolen.

«We are shocked by what happened, they were two of Antonello da Messina's most important and well-known works. A great loss for the museum, for the city, the community and the art world", said the director of the Messina regional museum Marisa Mercurio.

Meanwhile, the police are investigating, in an attempt to accurately reconstruct what happened.