The Italian state has purchased a Caravaggio painting for €30m, one of its largest art acquisitions. The portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII, is deemed of exceptional importance and is part of a plan to keep major artworks from private collectors. The painting will be displayed at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome, alongside other works by Caravaggio. Teljes cikk (bbc.com europe)