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Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence, Caravaggio, 1609. 268 cm × 197 cm (106 in × 78 in) The Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence is a painting of the nativity of Jesus from 1609 by Italian painter Caravaggio. It has been missing since 1969 when it was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
Many valuable paintings have been stolen.The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars.The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.
The Camaldoli Nativity by Lippi, for Lucrezia Tornabuoni Medici's cell at Camaldoli, c. 1463. 130 x 140 cm (51.1 by 55.1 inches); now Uffizi Gallery. Because of this passage, an axe was an attribute of John the Baptist in art, though by this period it was rare in Western art. [17]
An 18th century British painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought it for $7,500 during the Great Depression, the FBI ...
A historic English painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters more than 50 years ago has been returned to its owner after a ... "The Schoolmistress," a painting by notable artist John Opie around 1784 ...
English artist John Opie’s The Schoolmistress,” painted in around 1784, was returned after being discovered in an estate sale. Precious painting stolen by mobsters returned to rightful owner ...
In December 1984, the painting was stolen from the St. John's Co-Cathedral. The canvas was cut out of the frame. Two years later, following numerous telephone negotiations between the thieves and the then Director of Museums in Malta and Gozo, Fr. Marius J. Zerafa, [1] the painting was recovered. The masterpiece was damaged and needed ...
The Nativity has been depicted in many different media, both pictorial and sculptural. Pictorial forms include murals, panel paintings, manuscript illuminations, stained glass windows and oil paintings. The subject of the Nativity is often used for altarpieces, many of these combining both painted and sculptural elements. Other sculptural ...