People look at a painting believed to be the 'Judith Beheading Holofernes' by Italian master Caravaggio presented along with a copy of the painting by Flemish artist Louis Finson (not seen), at the Brera Art Gallery in Milan in 2016. Photo: AFP
The naked warrior looks plaintively up into the averted eyes of a graceful woman methodically slicing off his head with a sword. It is a burst of violence painted in haunting tones by a Renaissance master worth at least US$100mil (RM407mil) – or yet another fake distressing the art world.
The mystery may be solved after a London gallery recently reveals the restored version of what some think is Caravaggio's great lost work. The canvas discovered in a Toulouse attic in 2014 was "very important" and "must be fully investigated," France's culture ministry cautiously noted in 2016.
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