New Delhi, April 19 -- Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a 1606 painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, is as fascinating for its intriguing history as for its style. Painted by the Italian Baroque artist towards the end of his short lifespan-he died at the age of 38 in 1610-this canvas was believed to have been lost for centuries. The oil painting resurfaced in 2014 in a private collection and was authenticated as an original by a team of specialists including Mina Gregori, an Italian art historian and a Caravaggio scholar. Since then, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy has been shown at select exhibitions across the world, and now is on display at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, in partnership with the cultural centre of the Italian embass...