"Thieves entered the Church of San Francisco de Asis in Teotihuacán, about 25 miles northeast of Mexico City, under cover of night on January 6, 2001, stealing some 18 works of art, including Saint Francis of Assisi (1747), which stands six feet high and had hung in the church for two centuries. Also stolen were seven 17th-century miniature paintings that were integrated in the church's altar; those remain missing, and the unidentified perpetrators remain at large."
"The painting had been consigned to Mexico City auction house Morton Subastas, which was established (initially as Louis C. Morton Galleries) in 1988 and deals in antiques, modern and contemporary art, jewelry, wines, and other collectibles. It was to be auctioned in 2018, but its status was revealed when the auction house submitted its catalog to the Art Loss Register as part of its standard due diligence procedure."
On January 6, 2001, thieves entered the Church of San Francisco de Asis in Teotihuacán and stole about 18 artworks, including a six-foot-tall 1747 painting of Saint Francis of Assisi and seven 17th-century miniature paintings that formed part of the altar. The church reported the theft to Interpol and the painting was later listed on the Art Loss Register. The Saint Francis painting resurfaced when it was consigned to Mexico City auction house Morton Subastas and flagged during standard due diligence before a planned 2018 sale. The recovered work is valued at 280,000 pesos; the miniatures remain missing and perpetrators are unidentified.
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