Exposition : « The Last Caravaggio », Londres, National Gallery, 18 avril-21 juillet 2024
May 1610. Caravaggio is in Naples working on the last picture he’d ever paint. Two months later, he died in mysterious circumstances. But it was during his final tumultuous years that Caravaggio made some of his most striking works. His characteristic style includes tightly cropped scenes and dramatic lighting. He used real models with dirty feet and grimy fingernails. Few paintings are better placed to tell the story of Caravaggio’s final years than his last-known work, ‘The Martyrdom...
