Spain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27

In this photo provided by the Prado Museum in Madrid on Monday May 6, 2024, Caravaggio's "Ecce Homo" is pictured. Spain’s Prado Museum has confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost. (Prado Museum, via AP)

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By Associated Press

May 6, 2024 at 12:05 PM UTC

Updated on

May 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM UTC

MADRID (AP) — A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work by the Italian Baroque master, Spain’s Prado Museum announced Monday.

The painting, once considered to have been lost, will be unveiled to the public for the first time in the museum later this month.