55 Years Ago, October 17th, the Greatest Caravaggio Art Heist Occurred
Where? How? whostolethepainting?
One of the Top 5 Unsolved Art Heists in the World
Where?
In the middle of a dark October night, rain pounded the vehicle driven by a couple of art thieves in Palermo, Italy. They broke into an ancient Oratorio, likely through a window invisible to the street.
How?
Armed with only a box cutter, a rug and ladder they entered the Oratorio and cut the enormous canvas from the frame so carefully not a chip of paint fell to the floor.
Who?
Sicilian mafia? A Swiss Art Dealer? A Private Collector? Or a commission for "a family so powerful that the police couldn't even knock on their door," said Ludovico Gippetto, president of Extroart about the Caravaggio Nativity heist.
What?
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
The Painter
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio from Lombardy, Italy
1571-1610
"arrogant, rebellious, a murderer," a genius
The Story - Caravaggio's Diary
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
The Story - Caravaggio's Diary
Never seen before entries piece together clues of desperation and hopelessness surrounding the art.
Was it the Vatican? Was it the Mafia? Was it Lena? Tell us WHO? Clues found by clicking House of Honor:
