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In a Roman villa at the center of a nasty inheritance dispute, a Caravaggio masterpiece is hidden from the public

  • Written by Monika Schmitter, Professor and Chair of History of Art and Architecture, UMass Amherst
In a Roman villa at the center of a nasty inheritance dispute, a Caravaggio masterpiece is hidden from the publicVilla Aurora in Rome, which houses works by Caravaggio and Guercino, is up for sale. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images

I teach Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, so when I was visiting Rome in January 2023, how could I not try to see a notorious villa that was up for sale and involved in a nasty inheritance dispute?

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