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The Caravaggio Nativity, Palermo

In 1969 Caravaggio's 'Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence' was crudely cut from its frame in a Palermo oratory. Long linked to the Sicilian Mafia, it remains one of the world's most-wanted missing paintings.

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Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence

Caravaggio's late altarpiece, cut from its frame in a Palermo oratory in 1969 and long linked to the Sicilian Mafia. One of the most-wanted missing paintings in the world.

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Three Decades On, the Gardner Reward Still Stands at $10 Million

The museum reaffirms its offer as investigators mark another anniversary of the unsolved 1990 heist.

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