In Rome, a previously unexhibited painting by Caravaggio has been publicly unveiled. The portrait of the young Maffeo ...
Caravaggio's 1598 portrait of Maffeo Barberini spent centuries with the family before entering a private collection in the ...
“Science asks questions, but the Bible gives the answers,” thundered Pope Urban VIII, verbalizing the view of many in Europe’s 16th and 17th centuries. While Galileo Galilei fancied himself a ...