From March 7 to July 6, Caravaggio takes center stage at Palazzo Barberini in Rome. Coinciding with the Jubilee celebrations, the National Galleries of Ancient Art, in collaboration with the Borghese Gallery, will host the year’s standout exhibition, "Caravaggio 2025". Intesa Sanpaolo will make available Caravaggio's final painting, "Martyrdom of St. Ursula," one of the treasures in the banking giant’s collection. The group is distinguished by its dedication to art and culture, which has evolved over time into an identity value and distinguishing feature, with a program that will allocate 1.5 billion euros for interventions by 2027. The Roman exhibition will finally bring together the three paintings commissioned by banker Ottavio Costa: "Judith and Holofernes" from Palazzo Barberini, "St. John the Baptist" from the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, and "St. Francis in Ecstasy" from the Wadsworth Atheneum of Art in Hartford. A collection that honors Caravaggio till his death, with the "Martyrdom of St. Ursula", completed just before his death. Visitors will also be able to admire "Saint Catherine", on loan from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, "Portrait of Maffeo Barberini", and "Ecce Homo", currently displayed at the Prado Museum.
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