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The Caravaggio found again

Employees carry a painting called "Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy" and created by Italian painter Caravaggio, as they walk past a second painting with the same title.

Employees carry a painting called "Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy" and created by Italian painter Caravaggio, as they walk past a second painting with the same title. Source: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images

Scientific testing on the document accompanying a painting attributed recently to Caravaggio proves the attribution.



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