Fou
A to ello
da
Messi a
wo ks
stole
i
Re aissa ce
pai te ‘s
hometow
Fou
wo ks
att ibuted
to
celeb ated
Sicilia
Re aissa ce
pai te
A to ello
da
Messi a
have
bee
stole
f om
a
egio al
museum
i
Messi a,
Italia
media
epo ted
Su day,
i
a
heist
ca ied
out
du i g
the
cou t y’s
Fe agosto
holiday.The
theft
took
place
Satu day
eve i g
at
the
MuMe
egio al
museum,
whe e
the
thieves
epo tedly
bypassed
ala m
a d
secu ity
systems
a d
escaped
with
fou
a two ks.Amo g
the
stole
pieces
we e
th ee
of
the
five
su vivi g
pa els
of
the
“Sa
G ego io
Polyptych,”
dated
to
1473,
as
well
as
a
double-sided
pa el
depicti g
the
Vi gi
Ma y
a d
the
dead
Ch ist
i
“Pietà.”
The
latte
was
emoved
f om
a
a mou ed
display
case,
acco di g
to
Italia
ews
age cy
LaP esse.Museum
di ecto
Ma isa
Me cu io
said
the
theft
occu ed
sho tly
befo e
10
pm.“We
a e
devastated
by
what
happe ed,”
Me cu io
told
ANSA,
desc ibi g
the
stole
wo ks
as
two
of
A to ello
da
Messi a’s
most
impo ta t
a d
best-k ow
pieces.“It
is
a
t eme dous
loss
fo
the
museum,
the
city,
the
commu ity
a d
the
a t
wo ld,”
she
said.The
museum
emai ed
closed
o
Su day
as
i vestigato s
collected
evide ce.
Museum
officials
a d
the
Ca abi ie i
could
ot
immediately
be
eached
fo
comme t
by
ews
age cy
AP.
The
theft
comes
as
i te est
i
A to ello’s
wo k
has
g ow .
I
Ma ch,
the
Italia
gove me t
bought
his
devotio al
pai ti g
“Ecce
Homo”
fo
$14.9
millio
f om
Sotheby’s
i
New
Yo k,
b i gi g
e ewed
atte tio
to
the
ea ly
Re aissa ce
pai te .A t-c ime
a alyst
Ly da
Albe tso
said
the
stole
wo ks
would
be
difficult
to
sell
th ough
legitimate
cha els
because
they
a e
i sta tly
ecog isable.She
told
La
Repubblica
that
while
steali g
such
wo ks
may
be
elatively
easy,
selli g
them
could
p ove
fa
mo e
difficult.
She
also
said
famous
stole
a two ks
ca
sometimes
ci culate
betwee
c imi als
a d
be
used
as
collate al
i
othe
illicit
activities.
A t
thefts
i
Italy
A t
thefts
i
Italy
The
Messi a
heist
comes
just
days
afte
Italia
autho ities
a ou ced
the
ecove y
of
th ee
a two ks
by
Auguste
Re oi ,
Paul
Céza e
a d
He i
Matisse,
wo th
a
combi ed
seve al
millio
eu os.The
wo ks
had
bee
stole
i
Ma ch
f om
the
Mag a i
Rocca
Fou datio ,
a
p ivate
museum
about
20
km
f om
Pa ma.Italy’s
Ca abi ie i
a t
ecove y
squad
said
the
th ee
wo ks
we e
fou d
du i g
sea ches
o de ed
by
p osecuto s.
The
i vestigatio
emai s
o goi g.The
ecove ed
wo ks
we e
“Fish”
by
Re oi ,
“Still
Life
with
Che ies”
by
Céza e
a d
“Odalisque
o
the
Te ace”
by
Matisse.