A visitor taking a photo at the Palazzo Maffei crushed an Swarovski Crystal-covered sculpture by Nicola Bolla, known as Van Gogh Chair.

Ms. Carlon noted that they “walked out slowly, not rushing.” One of the museum’s security guards saw the pair leaving the museum via the building’s large baroque staircase, she added. But right ...

The major retrospective – the first to be held since Eric Smith’s death in 2017 – includes his earlier religious works, as ...