A villa in Rome with a unique mural by the early baroque artist Caravaggio did not find a buyer at the first auction. At the auction of the property, no bid was received at the minimum price of a good 353 million euros. Now a new date for the 2800 square meter area should be found, wrote the Ansa news agency. Known as Villa Aurora or Villa Ludovisi, the property is also special because it contains the only known ceiling painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Most recently, Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi lived in the villa with his third wife. After he died in 2018, an inheritance war broke out between the widow and the children from the prince’s first marriage. A judge issued an order ordering the property to be auctioned. It should be worth 471 million euros.
Auction – Villa in Rome without bid – economy
