Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi poses for a photograph below Caravaggio's only ceiling mural inside Villa Aurora, in Rome, on Nov 16, 2021.ROME – A US-born princess who lives in a Roman villa featuring the world's only known mural by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio said on Friday she faced eviction from the unique property at the centre of a raging inheritance battle.
Boncompagni Ludovisi told Reuters she had been given 60 days to vacate the property, saying was "stunned" by the decision and would definitely appeal. That auction attracted no bids, and the four that followed also failed, despite a progressively lower asking price. A fifth auction closed on Thursday with a minimum bidding price of 108.5 million euros.