{"product_id":"caravaggio-2025","title":"Caravaggio 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented accumulation of international loans buttresses this showstopping retrospective of the Baroque master''s life and legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaravaggio is an Old Master for a modern age. His recent resurgence in popularity owes in no small part to his dramatic compositions, which expose the conflict between salvation and damnation in the souls of each of his subjects, whether biblical saints or streetwise criminals.\u003cbr\u003eThis exhibition in Rome and its accompanying catalog distinguishes itself through its exceptional loans that reunite and resituate the landmark paintings of Caravaggio''s career. \u003ci\u003eSaint Catherine\u003c\/i\u003e from the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and \u003ci\u003eMartha and Mary Magdalene\u003c\/i\u003e from the Detroit Institute of Arts join the Palazzo Barberini \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e, showcasing Caravaggio''s use of the same model on three separate occasions; \u003ci\u003eThe Cardsharps\u003c\/i\u003e from the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth returns to the place where it was long on display; \u003ci\u003eSaint John the Baptist\u003c\/i\u003e from the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City and \u003ci\u003eSaint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e from the Wadsworth Athaneum in Hartford appear together for the first time. These magnificent and unprecedented selections offer insight not only into Caravaggio''s evolution as an artist but also his immediate networks and surroundings.\u003cbr\u003eMichelangelo Merisi, known as \u003cb\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/b\u003e (1571–1610), was born in Milan. His early commissions included works for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte and the Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi. From 1600 to 1606 he was considered the most famous painter in Rome. After killing a wealthy young man he fled the city, still painting but on the run as a criminal. He died under mysterious circumstances in 1610.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57509120672126,"sku":"NW9791254632819","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9791254632819.jpg?v=1780571772","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/caravaggio-2025","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}