Caravaggio to Canaletto: The Glory of Italian Baroque and Rococo Painting
Grandjouan, Kate (2014) Caravaggio to Canaletto: The Glory of Italian Baroque and Rococo Painting. BSECS.
Abstract
Online review of an exhibition held at the Szépmûvészeti Múseum in Budapest offering a comprehensive overview of Italian painting in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. With 142 paintings by 101 artists and multiple loans from museums across the globe, the star factor was undoubtedly the nine Caravaggios. These included 'Salomé with the Head of Saint John the Baptist' (c. 1608) from London and 'Boy with a Basket of Fruit' (c. 1593) from Rome. Throughout the winter, 'Caravaggio to Canaletto' posters stretched across Europe, from the streets of Vienna to the walls of the London underground. Everywhere, it seemed, daily newspapers and tourist advertisements were touting the exhibition as ‘the Budapest Winter offer’ or the essential ‘treat for art lovers’.
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