Discovering Caravaggio relatives

Published: 12 March 2010 y., Friday

The village of Caravaggio in Italy is famous as the birthplace of its namesake, the painter Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio. And now residents of the town who share his last name might be able to prove a genetic link to the father of Baroque art.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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