Caravaggio was famed for the brutal, bloody realism in his paintings, all rendered with chiaroscuro (an Italian term meaning light-dark) and tenebrism (from the Italian tenebroso, meaning darkened ...

Until July 6 visitors will have a unique chance to admire 24 of the most iconic artworks of Caravaggio at Palazzo Barberini.

The exhibition is “Caravaggio in its purest form, and in massive doses,” Cappelletti told reporters. In total, the exhibition counts 24 paintings, drawn from private and public collections in ...