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Caravaggio masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes has turned tactile for the blind in Rome's National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini. From Wednesday on, visually challenged visitors will be able to trace the immortal lines of the pre-Baroque chiaroscuro master with their fingertips thanks to an innovative 3-D reproduction produced by...

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The sale of a Roman villa with the world's only Caravaggio ceiling painting, which was put on the market valued at €471 million, has been rescheduled with a new reduced price after a court-ordered auction on Tuesday failed to attract a single bid. The base asking price for the Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, whose opening bid had been set at...

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A villa in the heart of Rome that features the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is being put up for auction by court order after the home was restored by its last occupants: a Texas-born princess and her late husband, a member of one of Rome's aristocratic families. The Casino dell'Aurora, also known as Villa Ludovisi, was built in 1570 and...

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Michelangelo Merisi, commonly known as Caravaggio, is one of the top representatives of Italian art of all times, able to stand out with his paintings not only thanks to several masterpieces made during his short life – reaching an extraordinary fame – but also to leave a deep mark in the artists that came after him. Michelangelo was born in Milan...

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Italy's real estate and art worlds are all a flutter over the news that Rome's Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, better known as Villa Aurora, is on the market for almost half a billion euro. The sumptuous villa, hidden by high walls near Via Veneto, has been owned by the noble Ludovisi family since the 16th century. The historic property is al...

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Italy is celebrating 450 years of Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, whose masterful paintings continue to fascinate more than four centuries after his death. To mark the milestone anniversary both Italy and the Vatican have issued limited edition coins dedicated to the 16th-century artist. The celebratory coins, for the collector mar...

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The moment she saw it, Maria Cristina Terzaghi was convinced: the 17th-century canvas was definitely a Caravaggio, so she raced from Rome to Madrid to help authenticate the lost Renaissance masterpiece. The painting had been due to go under the hammer on Thursday with a starting price of just 1,500 euros until it was abruptly withdrawn from auction...

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The pieces created by Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio will always leave an impression: realistic, dramatic and provocative, they reflect the myth of a proud and exuberant character. The scenes depicted are able to engage us in a direct manner, as if we were witnesses to events which seem to be taking place here and now.  During the course o...

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When: November 10th at 7:30 PM EST - Hosted by wiccny - Presented by Toni McKeen About the Webinar From Rome to Naples, to Sicily, and Malta, then back again, this gifted but troubled artist left a trail of outstanding paintings the world is still admiring.  Probably the most revolutionary artist of his time, he abandoned the rules from a century o...

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Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM - A Live Zoom Lecture with Art Historian Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D. presented by the Providence Art Club. Admission: $10 PAC Members, $20 Non-Members. Ticket info here. Art historian Dr. Rocky Ruggiero will speak about the intense and fascinating life and art of Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. Known as the pittore malede...

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