Italy buys Caravaggio's Portrait of Maffeo Barberini for €30 mn

(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...

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