55 Years Ago A Priceless Painting Disappeared Never to be Seen Again
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 with a sleeping custodian inside.
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.
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
Caravaggio's Diary
The Painting - Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis
Caravaggio's Diary
Never seen before entries piece together clues of desperation and hopelessness surrounding the art. Diary entries available to the public June 11th.
Information is coming... June 11th. Was it the Vatican?
