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

By Monika Schmitter, Professor and Chair of History of Art and Architecture, UMass Amherst
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?

The Villa Aurora, named for the masterful fresco by the 17th-century artist Guercino that adorns the ground-floor salon, also happens to house a rare…The Conversation


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