Adam and Eve Oil on Canvas, 164 by 213.4 cm

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.

Where?

Whitfield Fine Art
23 Dering Street
First Floor
London W1S 1AW
Tel: 020-7355-0040

When?

How Much?

Exhibition is Free
Catalogue can be purchased for £25

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 Gramatica and Cavalier d’Arpino whose studios he worked in when he first arrived in Rome; and his close followers Orazio Gentileschi, Lo Spadarino, Jusepe de Ribera, Pietro Paolini, Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Angelo Caroselli and others.

The exhibition will provide fresh insight into Caravaggio himself and provide a re-assessment of the work of artists whose lives were touched by his genius. It is one of a number of events taking place across Europe commemorating his death on 18 July 1610 aged only 38.

Among the highlights of the exhibition will be a a magnificent self portrait painted in 1606 by Giovanni Baglione, arguably Caravaggio’s most bitter enemy. Baglione famously sued Caravaggio for libel in 1603 after he had circulated satirical poems about a painting he had done for a church in Rome.

Another sworn foe of Caravaggio represented is Tommaso Salini. It is known that when the two men met by chance in 1601 Caravaggio struck Salini with his sword. In the libel action two years later Caravaggio referred to Salini as Baglione’s ‘guardian angel.’

Among Caravaggio’s friends was Louis Finson, a figure of primary importance in Caravaggesque painting whose contribution has often been overlooked. The exhibition will show him in a new light and present this direct contemporary of Caravaggio as an important painter in his own right. Two major works by Finson will be included in the exhibition. Adam and Eve, painted in 1610 (loaned by the University of Marburg, Germany) and the show will also feature Saint Sebastian, a newly rediscovered masterpiece which until recently was hidden away in a private collection in Germany.

For more information please go to : http://www.whitfieldfineart.com

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