Early ‘Card Sharps’ by Caravaggio on Display for First Time
A priceless Caravaggio once attributed to a “follower” of the Italian Baroque master went on public display for the first time on Saturday at a Sicilian museum.
“The Card Sharps,” authenticated as a Caravaggio after British art collector and historian Sir Denis Mahon bought it at a Sotheby’s auction in 2006 for 50,400 pounds, is now thought to be worth up to 50 million pounds (70 million euros, 100 million dollars).
The painting is an early version of a 1594 work by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio now displayed at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
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