Italian painter of the late 16th–early 17th century, famed for dramatic realism and chiaroscuro.
The Italian Culture Ministry has acquired the Tomb of Francois, a 4th-century BC Etruscan tomb, including fresco panels and artifacts, from the Torlonia family. The purchase, part of a broader push to repatriate antiquities, is public on June 30, 2026, and the tomb opens to visitors at Rome’s Villa Giulia museum. The ministry has previously spent on other masterpieces this year.