Tag: Art History Stories

  • The Lost Caravaggio: Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence

    On a dark October night in 1969, thieves entered a small, unguarded church in Palermo, Sicily. Inside, hanging above the altar of the Oratory of San Lorenzo, was a masterpiece by Caravaggio—Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence, painted in 1609. In a matter of minutes, the criminals cut the painting from its frame, rolled…