Caravaggio 2025: Major Exhibition at Palazzo Barberini for Jubilee
The exhibition titled 'Caravaggio 2025' is set to commence at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on March 7, 2025, and will continue until July 6, 2025, coinciding with the Jubilee. Curated by Francesca Cappelletti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, and Thomas Clement Salomon, it will showcase original paintings, international loans, and two recently rediscovered masterpieces. Key pieces include 'Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini' and 'Ecce Homo,' both returning from the Museo del Prado. Significant loans feature 'Santa Caterina' from Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and 'Marta e Maddalena' from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Additionally, 'Bari' from the Kimbell Art Museum and 'Martirio di sant'Orsola,' Caravaggio's final work, will be displayed. A pathway through Roman churches will complement the exhibition.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Caravaggio 2025' at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, from March 7 to July 6, 2025.
- Curated by Francesca Cappelletti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, and Thomas Clement Salomon.
- Includes two rediscovered masterpieces exhibited for the first time: 'Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini' and 'Ecce Homo'.
- 'Ecce Homo' returns to Italy for the first time in centuries from the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
- Loans include 'Santa Caterina' (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza), 'Marta e Maddalena' (Detroit Institute of Arts).
- Three works commissioned by Ottavio Costa: 'Giuditta e Oloferne', 'San Giovanni Battista', 'San Francesco in estasi'.
- 'Bari' from Kimbell Art Museum returns to Palazzo Barberini.
- 'Martirio di sant'Orsola' on loan from Intesa Sanpaolo, Caravaggio's last painting.
Entities
Artists
- Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
Institutions
- Palazzo Barberini
- Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica
- Museo del Prado
- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Nelson-Atkins Museum
- Wadsworth Atheneum of Art
- Kimbell Art Museum
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Galleria Borghese
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Madrid
- Spain
- Kansas City
- Hartford
- Fort Worth
- Milano
- Porto Ercole