Stolen Caravaggio Nativity Scene Replaced with Replica
- December 13, 2015 22:39
The theft of Caravaggio’s Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence from an oratory in Palermo in 1969 is still considered one of the worst art crimes in history.
But now a new twist has emerged in a tale that for decades has come to symbolise the Cosa Nostra’s enduring hold over Sicily. A replica of the lost Caravaggio is being brought back to the spot where the original once hung.
