Experts identify two new paintings by Italian baroque master Caravaggio

Art historian Gianni Papi identified a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio as an original work during a conference in Montepulciano, Italy.

The artwork was previously sold in 2017 at the Wiener Dorotheum in Vienna as an anonymous piece from the Tuscan school. The painting sold for 3,810 Euro at that time because it lacked a specific attribution. Papi, a recognized expert who works in Rome and Naples, presented his findings regarding the painting's authenticity to the art community.

He plans to release more scientific details in a conference publication. Separately, researcher Cristina Terzaghi identified another Caravaggio painting held in a French private collection. The work, titled "Young Man with a Carafe Full of Roses," was previously known only through copies. Terzaghi, who is curating a major Caravaggio exhibition in Rome for 2025, tracked the history of the piece back to the artist.