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 ...

An unlikely art-historical find could make waves at auction this summer when a painting that experts claim is the long-lost second version of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (circa 1607) hits ...

The Mint Museum is bringing a blockbuster exhibit to Charlotte, featuring Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio — the legendary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME (AP) — 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 ...

"The Lute Player" formerly of Badminton House, which Art Recognition claims is a genuine Caravaggio based on AI analysis (image via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) An artificial intelligence company ...

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 ...

Buyers at the upper end of the property market tend to look for homes with a certain wow factor: a private beach, uninterrupted views of the park, or perhaps a rare work by Caravaggio? Such is the ...

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 ...