Caravaggio's "Martyrdom of Saint Ursula" returns to Naples at the Gallerie d'Italia.

New display for the room hosting it at the Gallerie d'Italia. "This is Caravaggio's home, and we feel a responsibility to preserve this highly significant work. We offered it to visitors to Palazzo Barberini in Rome, and now we are returning to display it to its fullest here in Naples, for Neapolitans and tourists alike." This is how Michele Coppola, Executive Director of Art, Culture and Historic Heritage at Intesa Sanpaolo and General Manager of the Gallerie d'Italia, introduced the return of Caravaggio's "Martyrdom of Saint Ursula" to the Gallerie d'Italia, in the grand palace on Via Toledo in the heart of Naples. The famous painting was the focus of the "Caravaggio 2025" exhibition at the Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini in Rome, between March 6 and July 20, 2025, supported by Intesa Sanpaolo. The exhibition, the most important exhibition organized as part of the Jubilee, attracted 450,000 visitors, including 3,000 accredited journalists from around the world. "Today we celebrate the homecoming of our Caravaggio," explains Coppola, "with a special welcome. The room at the Gallerie d'Italia that hosts it has been redesigned with a new layout, designed to highlight the colors, the re-emerged details, and the preciousness of the frame, the result of the care dedicated to the painting before its departure for the capital. The gallery leading to the room has also been transformed with a striking contemporary art installation, ideally accompanying the visitor in the presence of an extraordinary masterpiece, which continues to speak to the present and surprise with its exceptional modernity." Coppola explains that the painting, which has its own electronic protection and is insured for €100 million, is now back in the spotlight at a gallery that "a few weeks ago," the director of Gallerie d'Italia noted, "reached one million visitors and today presents new ideas, with the golden tunnel and red stairs leading to the painting. A new way to experience a painting of great charm and history, recently restored and also on display to the public on Sunday for the first free museum day of August."