A 16th century villa in Rome with the world's only known ceiling painting by Caravaggio has failed to attract a buyer despite four court-ordered auctions in less than a year.
Villa Aurora - named in homage to the Roman goddess of dawn – is at the centre of a bitter inheritance battle between a Texas-born princess and her stepsons following the death of Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi, whose family has owned it for 400 years.
