According to Reuters, a group of Italian anthropologists going to investigate the death of the famous painter Caravaggio (Caravaggio). For a start they need to find his remains.

painter died in 1610, aged 38 years. What was the cause of his death is not known for certain. One of the most popular hypothesis states that Caravaggio killed - possibly for religious reasons. Many scientists, however, claim that he died from the disease. In 2001 a researcher named Giuseppe La Fauci (Giuseppe La Fauci) discovered a rough recording of the death of Caravaggio, which stated that the artist died in hospital the Tuscan town of Porto Ercole. According to La Fauci, painter killed typhoid. Previously it was believed that death was overtaken by Caravaggio at the seaside, and the reason it was malaria.

According to the head of the National Committee for Cultural Heritage Vincheti Silvano (Silvano Vinceti), Giuseppe La Fauci finding suggests that Caravaggio was buried in the small cemetery of San Sebastiano, near the city. But in 1956 it ceased to exist, and all the remains moved to a crypt in the cemetery of Porto Ercole. There, scientists will look for bones and a great artist. They will examine the remains of 30-40 people and select those that belong to the young men who died in the XVII century. Then they will draw DNA samples and compare them with genetic material taken from the descendants of his brother artist. If the researchers really get to find Caravaggio, they will try to establish from which still dead artist.

In the case of Caravaggio's skull, scientists can "reconstruct" his face, and then the world will know as a painter looked at the reality. So far about his appearance, we can judge only on the self-portrait. Italian scientists not the first person to recreate the genius: in 2007, for example, they reconstructed the face of Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri).

Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi (Michelangelo Merisi), is one of the most outstanding masters of the Baroque period. The artist was famous for his unbridled temper - according to legend, he died on his way to Rome, where directed to repent for the murder committed by him in a drunken brawl.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova , AI

Sources: artdaily.org , artinvestment.ru