Caravaggio

A forgotten 16th-century portrait by Caravaggio has hit the public display for the first time since its creation. The work is a portrait of Maffeo Barberini, made by Caravaggio in 1598. The subject was a 30 years old Florentine…

Artist Vanessa Beecroft became the first international artist to install a tribute to Caravaggio’s Nativity, lost in 1969. Every year since 2010, the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy chooses an artist to install a tribute to…

The Villa Aurora, the popular mansion housing the only mural by Caravaggio, failed to be sold at the auction. When the Villa Aurora first went up for sale, there was much hype in the market regarding its potential ownership. The house…