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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Judith beheading Holofernes: Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi

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Both Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi (twice) executed paintings of the biblical story of Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofern...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Caravaggio: "Invigorating the dark shades"

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My most recent post showcased paintings that the Caravaggio 2025 exhibition grouped under the heading "Making a name for himself....
Friday, August 15, 2025

Caravaggio: Making a name for himself in Rome

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The recent Caravaggio 2025 Exhibition at Palazzo Barberini in Rome curated the offerings on show into four major categories:(i) Making a Na...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

A survey of the most renowned Supper at Emmaus works

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My recent exploration of the two versions of Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus launched me on a quest for other treatments of the same sub...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus: An examination of the 1601 and 1606 versions

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Caravaggio's painting style and personal predilections have always been intriguing to me. I have written on his life in this ...
Monday, July 28, 2025

A comparison of The Florentine Pietà (Michelangelo, c.1547 - 1555) and Jenny Saville's Pietà I (2019 - 2021)

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Jenny Saville's current retrospective at the UKs National Portrait Gallery (NPG) includes a piece titled Pietà I which, according to th...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Caravaggio 2025 at Rome’s Palazzo Barberini

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According to the Caravaggio 2025 exhibition literature, it was 74 years to the day (April 20, 1951) from the initial Caravaggio exhibition t...