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Show Caravaggio Picture Found. An important find has been made in the art collection of Marchese della Stufa at France. It is a painting by Caravaggio, which had been lost sight of for many years. The painting was known to connoisseurs through a print. In the Galleria degli TJfizzi. Sig di Pietro, the secretary of this gallery, was determined to find the picture. It was known that in the year 1700 it was in possession of the Cerretaui family, which is now extinct. ex-tinct. Sig di Pietro, while examining Marchese Mar-chese della Stufa's collection saw the painting and immediately identified it. The TJfizzi print is au exact reproduction reproduc-tion of the picture, which is a typical Caravaggio. It depicts six youtliH, one of whom is playing a violin, one a lute and one a flute, while two are Blnging and one is listening. New York Sun. |