Art theft

Renaissance Madonna stolen from a church in Zele

Zele, Belgium · Source report date:

Renaissance Madonna stolen from a church in Zele
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INTERPOL issued an appeal after Madonna del Silenzio, a 16th-century panel depicting the Holy Family, was stolen from St Ludgerus Church on 11 January. The attribution to Michelangelo or his pupil Marcello Venusti is uncertain. Photo of the stolen panel: INTERPOL.

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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