Caravaggio
La Cena in Emmaus di Brera e il David e Golia della Galleria Borghese
128
pages
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1^
ed.
2022
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Illustrated books
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ENG
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ISBN 9791254630785
Attribution is a fundamental part of art history, and the best way to test an attribution is put paintings side by side; the 2017 dialogue provided an exceptional opportunity for art historians and public alike to compare stylistic similarities and differences: how was the paint applied? How were faces depicted? In what order were the colours applied? Documents are also fundamental to attribution: who commissioned the painting and how much did it cost? When was the painting first observed in a collection? When was the painting sold, and where?
In this catalogue, the reader is asked to participate in the debate about the precise dating of Caravaggio’s masterpiece, David and Goliath, held by the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Disagreements about paintings are not all about attribution—the identity of the artist—infact, even when the artist’s identity is beyond doubt: as in the case of the Galleria Borghese Caravaggio, an equally important aspect of a painting’s history is when it was painted. Knowing exactly when a work was completed is essential to understanding its context, its iconography, and to understanding where it fits in the artist’s development.
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