Image 1 of 1
Less

CIPG_20180530_NYT-Caravaggio_M3_2932.jpg

Add to Lightbox Download

PALERMO, ITALY - 30 MAY 2018: Stucco figures are seen here in the Oratory of San Lorenzo, where Caravaggio's "Nativity" was stole in 1969, in Palermo, Italy, on May 30th 2018.

In October 1969 thieves broke into the Oratory of San Lorenzo, a small chapel in Palermo’s then dilapidated Kalsa quarter, and made off with one of the city’s artistic masterpieces: Caravaggio’s “Nativity” altarpiece.

Nearly 50 years after it was stolen, possible evidence suggests that Caravaggio Nativity may have been cut up and sold, according to Gaetano Grado, a Mafia. turncoat. The Antimafia Commission checked out on various fronts Mr. Grado's accounts, and Rosy Bindi, the president of the Antimafia Commission, presented the findings of the commission — published in May — at the Oratory where the Nativity once hung.

Copyright
©2018 Gianni Cipriano
Image Size
3647x5471 / 9.4MB
www.giannicipriano.com
Keywords
Contained in galleries
20180530_NYT_Caravaggio
PALERMO, ITALY - 30 MAY 2018: Stucco figures are seen here in the Oratory of San Lorenzo, where Caravaggio's "Nativity" was stole in 1969, in Palermo, Italy, on May 30th 2018.<br /> <br /> In October 1969 thieves broke into the Oratory of San Lorenzo, a small chapel in Palermo’s then dilapidated Kalsa quarter, and made off with one of the city’s artistic masterpieces: Caravaggio’s “Nativity” altarpiece.<br /> <br /> Nearly 50 years after it was stolen, possible evidence suggests that Caravaggio Nativity may have been cut up and sold, according to Gaetano Grado, a Mafia. turncoat. The Antimafia Commission checked out on various fronts Mr. Grado's accounts, and Rosy Bindi, the president of the Antimafia Commission, presented the findings of the commission — published in May — at the Oratory where the Nativity once hung.