Syracuse's Caravaggio, Sgarbi gets it: work leaves for Rome, then will be in Trentino

In the end, after months of controversy, Vittorio Sgarbi managed to overcome the resistance of much of Syracuse’s cultural and associational circles: this morning, in fact, the Seppellimento di santa Lucia, Caravaggio’s masterpiece created for the Sicilian city’s church of Santa Lucia extra Moenia (and now preserved in the church of the Badia), left for Rome, where it will undergo some checks and maintenance at theIstituto Centrale del Restauro, after which it will leave for the Mart in Rovereto, where it is expected to be displayed alongside works by Burri and Cagnaccio di San Pietro.

The painting was packed up this morning: the work was transported by hand from the Badia church to Piazza Archimede, where it was loaded onto a technical van. In a frenzy is the “no” front, which is already talking about a “snatching” from the city. Sgarbi lets it be known that the Seppellimento “will return in perfect condition to its original location,” that is, the church of Santa Lucia extra Moenia: in fact, the plan is to equip the painting with the shrine that will be able to guarantee its preservation in the building of worship for which it was created. The return of the work is planned for December, on the occasion of the celebrations for St. Lucy.

Caravaggio, Burial of Saint Lucy (1608; oil on canvas, 408 x 300 cm; Syracuse, Santa Lucia alla Badia)

Syracuse's Caravaggio, Sgarbi gets it: work leaves for Rome, then will be in Trentino

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