A Crucifixion by Pieter
Brueghel the Younger was stolen Wednesday morning from a church
near la Spezia in Liguria, local sources said.
The work disappeared from the church of Santa Maria Maddalena
at Castelnovo Magra.
The thieves appeared to have been working on commission,
police said.
They broke through the case enclosing the work using a hammer
and made of it with in a car.
The work is considered a masterpiece of Flemish art.
Carabinieri are investigating.
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