2010 is the 400th anniversary of the death of the painter Caravaggio, who died at Porto Ercole in July 1610. Whitfield Fine Art will mark this anniversary with a major exhibition, during summer of 2010, of important paintings by Caravaggio’s early Seventeenth century contemporaries and followers, with the aim of understanding him through the artists that reacted to this controversial personality. The exhibition will include a number of important loans from institutions and private collections, providing what will be a rare opportunity to view works that have never before travelled to London.
The exhibition will feature works by Caravaggio’s good friends Prospero Orsi and Louis Finson; his great rivals Tommaso Salini and Giovanni Baglione; the painters Antiveduto Grammatica and Cavalier d’Arpino whose studios he worked in when he first arrived in Rome; and his close followers Lo Spadarino, Jusepe de Ribera, Pietro Paolini, Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Angelo Caroselli and others.
Open 27 MAY – 23 JULY 2010
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