Roman villa with world’s only Caravaggio mural up for sale
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#5R40W)
Villa Aurora set to go on auction in January with opening bid of almost 500m
A sprawling villa in Rome containing the only ceiling mural ever painted by the Italian master Caravaggio is being put up for sale for almost 500m (422m).
The 2.75-metre wide painting Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte in the 16th century to adorn the ceiling in what was his alchemy laboratory at Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, better known as Villa Aurora.
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