\u201cPortrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini,\u201d a rare painting created by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, recently went to public display for the first time ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only one of a handful of surviving portraits painted by Caravaggio, the painting will be exhibited at Palazzo Barberini in Rome, Italy, through February 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/a>A post shared by Barberini Corsini (@barberinicorsini)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\u201cPortrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini\u201d was first recognized as the work of Caravaggio in 1963 by Italian art expert Roberto Longhi. It is believed that it shows Florentine nobleman Maffeo Barberini as a 30-year-old, 25 years before he would become Pope Urban VIII, although art experts say that can\u2019t be claimed with absolute certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n