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The 52-year-old has been on the road since 2019 with a remarkable early 17th century work, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, painted by Italian baroque painter, Michelangelo Merisi, more popular as the ...

It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 Caravaggio for auction. It is expected to go for $170 ...