The Caravaggio painting "Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini," recently acquired by the state, has been inaugurated for public exhibition at Palazzo della Minerva in the Senate until June 21.

The portrait shows the future Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644) when he was about 30 years old.

Italië heeft een schilderij van Caravaggio gekocht voor 30 miljoen euro. Zelden betaalde het land zo veel geld voor een kunstwerk. Het Portret van Monseigneur Maffeo Barberini werd rond…

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 10 - Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli announced Tuesday that the government has bought Caravaggio's Portrait of Maffeo Barberini for 30 million euros in one of the Italian State's biggest investments ever in a work of art. "After more than a year of negotiations, we are pleased to announce today the purchase by the Ministry of Culture of an extraordinary masterpiece by Caravaggio," Giuli said after signing the deed of purchase. The minister said the artwork would become pa...

Après un Ecce Homo de Da Messina, l’État italien fait l’acquisition du Portrait de Monseigneur Maffeo Barberini, peint par le génie du clair-obscur.

Trenta milioni di euro per il dipinto che era in una collezione privata. La trattativa andava avanti da mesi