India, Oct. 15 -- A painting by famous Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio will headline an exhibition jointly organised by the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum (BDL), Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai and Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai (the Italian centre for culture in the city), at the gallery from October 16.

In a "jugalbandi of sorts", as Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, BDL's managing trustee and honorary director, chose to describe the Italian masterpiece will be shown in conjunction with two works on mythological themes by famous Indian painter M V Dhurandhar. Together, the exhibition is titled, 'The Invention of Light'.

The 16th century painting -- 'Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy' -- is of great significance to art lovers, prac...