Caravaggio
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This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Michelangelo Merisi better known as Caravaggio.
As one of the great masters of Western Art, his life was also shrouded in tales of sex and violence, making him also one of the most notorious.
Professor Breda Ennis discusses the awaited exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome which brings together his greatest works from around the world.
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