| Sergio Benedetti | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OMRI |
| Birth Name: | Sergio Adriano Benedetti |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Addis Ababa, Italian East Africa |
| Death Place: | Florence, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Children: | 2 |
Sergio Adriano Benedetti (28 October 1942 – 24 January 2018) was an Italian art historian and formerly Head Curator and Keeper of the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.[1] [2]
He was best known for his rediscovery of the Baroque masterpiece, The Taking of Christ by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1990.[3] In 1994 he was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services to art and culture.[4]