Italian Researchers Think they Have Found Caravaggio’s Bones
June 17, 2010 by All Art News
Filed under Education & Research
ROME (AP).- Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of Caravaggio, but 400 years later some of the mysteries surrounding the death of the artist may never be solved. After a year of digging and analyzing centuries-old bones, the researchers said Wednesday they have identified a set of bones they believe to be Caravaggio’s, though they admit they can never be 100 percent certain. They think Caravaggio may have died from sunstroke while weakened by syphilis and other ailments. [...]