ITALIAN SCIENTISTS THINK THEY FOUND CARAVAGGIO`S BONES
Baku, June 17 (AZERTAC). Italian anthropologists believe they have finally found the remains of Baroque artist Caravaggio, resolving a centuries-old mystery shrouding the master`s death. Researchers working under the umbrella of Italy`s National Committee for Cultural Heritage said yesterday they were almost certain the bones found in a Tuscan ossuary matched those of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio. Famed for his wild life Caravaggio pioneered the Baroque painting technique of contrasting light and dark known as chiaroscuro. Scholars have put forward many theories on the artist`s death in 1610, including that he was killed on a deserted Tuscan beach or collapsed there due to a strange illness, perhaps syphilis. The researchers said no burial was recorded in that cemetery in 1610, and the Spanish, who controlled Porto Ercole at the time, seized the remains and buried them secretly, apparently to stop anyone from claiming ownership rights to his paintings. The team also looked for physical attributes in the bones, and a high level of iron content that would have been present in a man of that period and age.
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