Expert identifies lost Caravaggio painting in a Paris gallery

Art expert Maria Cristina Terzaghi identified a lost painting by Caravaggio in a Paris gallery.

Terzaghi discovered the work three years ago after being asked to examine it. The painting depicts a youth with a pitcher of roses and dates back to between 1596 and 1597. This period marks the beginning of the career of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, when he was about 25 years old and had recently moved from Milan to Rome.

The discovery became official and public through a report in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Although rumors about the find circulated since 2025, this announcement provided the first official photograph of the piece. Terzaghi previously gained recognition in 2021 for identifying another lost work by the artist in Madrid.