Long-Missing Caravaggio Was Likely Burned
"A lost painting by Caravaggio which art lovers have long hoped might still be found was burnt and destroyed by the Mafia, according to a former hitman turned pentito (informer). The painting, Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence, was stolen from the oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo in 1969." The Times (UK) 12/09/09

Posted December 10, 2009 10:11 PM