A Painting Believed to Be a ‘Lost Michelangelo’ Has Gone Missing From a Church in Belgium

A painting believed to be a lost work of Renaissance master Michelangelo is believed to have been rediscovered — and then, just as quickly, disappeared again.

A Belgian pastor says the 16th Century painting was stolen from his church last week, the Guardian reports.

Pastor Jan Van Raemdonck said the altar painting's absence was discovered at the Sint-Ludgerus church in Zele, Belgium on Jan. 11.

A painting believed to be a lost work of Renaissance master Michelangelo is believed to have been rediscovered — and then, just as quickly, disappeared again. A Belgian pastor says the 16th Century painting was stolen from his church last week, the Guardian reports. Pastor Jan Van Raemdonck said the altar painting's absence was discovered at the Sint-Ludgerus church in Zele, Belgium on Jan. 11.