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Sunday, March 14, 2010
U.S. Museums Lend Masterpieces to Caravaggio Exhibit in Rome
ROME (CNS)—Three Caravaggio masterpieces, originally painted in Rome but now part of U.S. museum collections, returned to Rome as part of a historic exhibit of the artist's work. In a way, the paintings are on a pilgrimage back to their birthplace, said Elizabeth Lev, a ...
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A painting of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, near the house where he was born.
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