The Caravaggio season opens for scholars

It is not surprising that, on the fourth centenary of Caravaggio’s death (1610) and with the numerous exhibitions and events scheduled for this year across the world to celebrate his artistic achievements, scholars might be tempted to offer the public new monographs on the Italian master. Also, it is fortunate that two outstanding German scholars, Sybille Ebert-Schifferer and Sebastian Schütze, have seized this opportunity to produce two excellent books on Caravaggio’s painting: the former, Caravaggio. Sehen-Staunen-Glauben. Der Maler und sein [...]