From March 7 to July 6, 2025, in conjunction with the 2025 Jubilee celebrations, the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, in collaboration with Galleria Borghese, with the support of the Directorate-General of Museums of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the backing of its Main Partner Intesa Sanpaolo, present Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini, curated by Francesca Cappelletti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi and Thomas Clement Salomon.
One of the most important and ambitious projects featuring Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), with an exceptional number of autograph paintings and an itinerary of difficult-to-view pieces and new discoveries in one of the places symbolizing the connection between this artist and his patrons. Examining the context that drove Caravaggio to the forefront of world art, Palazzo Barberini will be hosting these works in a display that highlights the power and modernity of his painting, one of the greatest painting masters of all time.
By bringing together some of his most celebrated works, alongside others that are lesser known but equally as significant, this exhibition offers new, in-depth reflections on this master’s artistic and cultural revolution, exploring for the very first time and within such a broad context the innovation he injected into the artistic, religious and social landscape of
the time. The works showcased include an important loan from Intesa Sanpaolo collection - from Gallerie d'Italia Napoli - The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, Merisi’s last painting done shortly before his death.