ROME (Reuters Life!) -The mystery surrounding the death of Baroque master Caravaggio may soon be resolved thanks to new DNA tests -- as long as the right body can be found. What caused the death of ...
CARAVAGGIO, Italy (Reuters Life!) - Six possible descendants of Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, have been DNA-tested in the hopes they can help unveil the mystery surrounding ...
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 ...
Caravaggio, "Death of the Virgin" (c. 1601–06), oil on canvas, 12 1/10 x 8 feet, held at the Louvre Museum (image via Wikimedia Commons) When the water-logged, bloated corpse of the drowned Maddalena ...
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Mystery swirls around the death of the great Italian painter Caravaggio, who died at age 39 after a dissipated life of street brawls, brothels, and boozing. Now, as art lovers mark the 400th ...