The owners of the house had gone upstairs to investigate a leak. Instead, they stumbled upon a remarkably well-preserved canvas depicting Judith beheading Holofernes.is said to have completed two versions of this bloody biblical scene—one is currently on display in Rome, the other has been missing since the 17th century. Although it’s unlikely that scholars will ever reach a consensus on the 400-year-old painting’s attribution, several experts—including top Caravaggio specialist Nicola Spinosa—have been adamant in their opinion that this is the missing work by the Italian master. In pursuit of the truth, Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera displayed the painting in question alongside several accepted Caravaggios in an exhibition this fall titled “Caravaggio: A Question of Attribution.” A Caravaggio of this sort could be valued at up to €120 million, but the painting will still be worth tens of millions of euros even if its origins remain disputed. Although the canvas was first discovered in 2014, it was kept hidden from the public until March 31 of this year to allow for conservation and in-depth research, including weeks of examination by the Louvre