Caravaggio 2025

Palazzo Barberini, 7 March – 6 July 2025
curated by Francesca Cappelletti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Thomas Clement Salomon

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THE EXHIBITION

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: the Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, recently put on public display over sixty years after its rediscovery and now shown alongside other paintings by Merisi for the very first time; Ecce Homo, currently displayed at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and returning to Italy for the first time in centuries; alongside other exceptional loans such as the Saint Catherine of Alexandria from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, a masterpiece once already part the Barberini collections which will be returning to Palazzo Barberini, where it was housed; and Martha and Mary Magdalene from the Detroit Institute of Arts, featuring the same model the artist used in the Judith and Holofernes preserved in Palazzo Barberini, all displayed side-by-side for the first time. The exhibition is also an opportunity to see three paintings commissioned by the banker Ottavio Costa reunited again: Judith and Holofernes from Palazzo Barberini, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness from the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City and Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy from the Wadsworth Atheneum of Art in Hartford, as well as other works connected to the Barberini family’s history of art collecting, such as The Cardsharps from the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, which will be returning to the Roman palazzo where it was once long conserved. The selection of works concludes with an important loan from Intesa Sanpaolo: The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, Merisi’s last painting done shorty before his death.

Plan your visit

GETTING HERE

Palazzo Barberini. via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 – Roma, Italia
Bus: 53 – 61 – 62 – 63 – 80 – 81 – 83 – 160 – 492 – 590
Metro line A, stop Barberini

MAPPA

OPENING HOURS

From Sunday to Thursday 9 AM – 8 PM
Fridays and Saturdays 9 AM – 10 PM

TICKETS

Reservation is mandatory. Ticket is nominative
Full ticket € 18,00
Reduced € 15,00: between 18 and 25 years of age
Reduced € 12,00: Gallerie Nazionali Pass and special agreements)
Combined € 25,00: Caravaggio 2025 + permanent collection Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica (valid 20 days to visit Palazzo Barberini and Galleria Corsini)
Combined € 17,00 , between 18 and 25 years of age: Caravaggio 2025 + permanent collection Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica (valid 20 days to visit Palazzo Barberini and Galleria Corsini)
Free: Visitors under 18 years old; Groups of EU school students and their teachers (reservations required); EU faculty members and students in Architecture, Humanities (archaeological or art-historical courses), Cultural Heritage, Educational science, Fine Arts Academies; MiC employees; ICOM members; tour guides with valid ID; journalists with valid press card; people with disabilities and one companion-helpe).

AUDIOGUIDE

Included in the ticket price

SCHOOLS AND GROUPS

Groups (10-25 people): It is mandatory the use of radio-transmitter systems during the visit, students included. radio-transmitter available for2€ each.
Day dedicated to Schools: Monday

CLOACKROOM

It’s mandatory to check handbags, backpacks and umbrellas inside the cloakroom. Luggage and suitcases are not admitted.

ACCESSIBILITY

Parking available for people with disabilities. Entrances without architectural barriers
Pets are not admitted except for guide dogs accompanying visually impaired individuals or upon presentation of a pet therapy certificate.

Education

Guided tours available for adult groups, visits, and workshops for schools of all levels.
Tour prices:

Group tour: €150.00
School tour: €110.00

Educational information for schools: edu@coopculture.it

Educational information for groups: tour@coopculture.it

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