Today would have been the 445th birthday of Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. He died young, at just 38, but the world remains captivated by his dramatically-lit canvases, which often depict brutal ...

ROME–Caravaggio is perhaps best known in the art world for his dramatic command of light and dark–known as chiaroscuro–which gives realistic life to his masterpieces through the manipulation of sharp ...

A casual glance at an auction catalog set a British art historian on the path to discovering the brushstrokes of Caravaggio on a painting previously attributed to an anonymous follower of the Baroque ...

Caravaggio, “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” (1607–1608), oil on canvas, 361 x 520 cm, Saint John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta (image credit: Caravaggio [Public domain], via Wikimedia ...

Have you ever wanted to buy a Roman villa? How about one that comes with its own built-in Caravaggio mural? Now is your chance, as the Villa Aurora hits the market at a cool €471 million ($546 million ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the Italian artist Caravaggio, believed by many art lovers to be the greatest painter of all time. Rome, the city where he was both hailed and ...

ROME — Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest state investments ever for a single artwork, the country’s Culture ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

The exhibition features works from important institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and private collections that rarely allow access to their works. Among the 24 works brought ...

Italian specialists have doubts about ‘lost masterpiece’ but French expert insists canvas is Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes A painting described as a lost Caravaggio masterpiece has been bought ...

Scholars are divided about whether a painting found in an attic is actually by the Italian painter. Take a close look: There are arguments on both sides. By Scott Reyburn LONDON — Michelangelo Merisi, ...

Italy Buys Caravaggio Painting for About $35 Million, One of Its Largest Payouts for a Single Work ROME (AP) — Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros ...