Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist on Italian holiday

Thieves bypassed security systems at the MuMe regional museum in Messina and stole four works attributed to the painter Antonello da Messina during the Italian Ferragosto holiday. The missing artworks included parts of the San Gregorio Polyptych and a panel depicting the Pietà. Museum director Marisa Mercurio called the theft a tremendous loss for the art world.