{"id":85817,"date":"2018-11-07T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/ecomsite\/caravaggios-roman-period-friends-and-enemies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:14:25","slug":"caravaggios-roman-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/caravaggios-roman-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravaggio&#8217;s Roman Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Caravaggio&#8217;s Roman Period Friends and Enemies<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87833\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87833\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio at Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Caravaggio_a_Roma.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum<br \/>Caravaggio Exhibition<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dazzling successes, imprisonment, glory and daring escapes, sex trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>of various kinds, brawls, murders, associating with the nobility and cardinals by day, but frequenting taverns and cutthroats by night. <\/strong>What are we talking about?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87860\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87860\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fine Art Caravaggio's Roman Period \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mamma_mia.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Judith&#8217;s Maid Abra Caravaggio<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of the latest Netflix series in the style of Dan Brown?<br \/>\nOf the upcoming TV drama &#8220;The atheist Pope?&#8221;<br \/>\nNo! Nothing of this kind! We are talking about the true life of a certain <strong>Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87863\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87863\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio Young Saint John the Baptist with Ram\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/San_Giovanni_Battista.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Saint John the Baptist by<br \/>Caravaggio<br \/>Fine Art in Paris<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>In fact, Caravaggio\u2019s Monsieur Rocambole-like adventures<\/b>, seem to be taken from a story-line that is quite the fashion at the present time and which combines the three most attractive ingredients of today\u2019s entertainment world: <b>sex, blood and money.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87845\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87845\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Giuseppe Cesari Called Cavalier d\u2019Arpino\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_Cavalier_d_Arpino.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Cavalier d&#8217;Arpino David with the Head of Goliath, 1598<\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\nThe (never changing) ingredients of such stories are the intrigues of the Church and a caricature view of the Vatican characterized by <b>financial scandals, wild parties, power games &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In short, nothing new, the impression that non-Romans frequently have when they visit the Eternal City, the Caput Mundi.<br \/>\nAnd since there is nothing that attracts our contemporary folks more than artistic genius combined with a dissipated life-style, it is not surprising that <b>Caravaggio has become an absolute icon in the world of art<\/b>, beyond his artistic genius.<\/p>\n<p>As can be seen from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com\/en\/caravaggios-roman-period\">this exhibition, staged at the Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum<\/a>, the <b>style of this artist changes completely according to subject,<\/b> client, and also, if not especially, according to his state of mind.<br \/>\nBut what was Caravaggio\u2019s soul really like?<br \/>\nThe soul almost consumed in introspection that we perceive in the <em>Saint Francis in meditation<\/em>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87851\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87851\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period Old Master\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_meditazione_di_San-Francesco.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Saint Francis in Meditation by Caravaggio 1605<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Outwardly light as in the <i>L<\/i><em>ute player<\/em>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87848\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87848\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period - Friends and Enemies\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Il_suonatore_di_liuto.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The Lute Player<br \/>by Caravaggio<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Or \u2018more splatter than a film by Quentin Tarantino\u2019 as in the very famous <em>Judith and Holofernes<\/em>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86124\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86124\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CARAVAGGIO_S_ROMAN_PERIOD-scaled-e1717423940336.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period - Fine Art\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Caravaggio Painting<br \/>Judith Beheading Holofernes<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed these opposite extremes are often frequented by our painter. We all acknowledge that Caravaggio did not anticipate the Baroque style in painting, he invented it.<br \/>\nBut this style still bears a bad reputation due to the negative prejudice that began with the eighteenth-century rationalists and neoclassic supporters, and continued until the first half of the twentieth century with two most prominent art critiques: <strong>Bernard Berenson<\/strong> (BB to his friends &#8230;) and <a href=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-time-of-caravaggio-masterpieces-from-roberto-longhis-collection\/\"><strong>Roberto Longhi<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simplifying their judgment, in their opinion true Italian art comprised the primitives, the Renaissance, and the Venetian sixteenth century.<br \/>\nAnything else was, in their opinion, second rate production, including the Baroque.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87854\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87854\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Old Master Exhibition at Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Caravaggio&#8217;s Paintings<br \/>Fine Art in Paris<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>To give an idea of \u200b\u200bthe extent of the phenomenon, still today in the French language <strong>the adjective baroque has a negative connotation<\/strong> and is used to refer to eccentric redundancy. It is interesting to list the synonyms of the term baroque found on the <em>synonymes.com<\/em> website: <strong><em>bizarre, excentrique, abracadabrant, choquant, bizarro\u00efde, fantasmagorique, in\u00e9narrable<\/em><\/strong>, and finally the understandable <em>kitch<\/em> and the far-fetched <em>zinzin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this thesis, which we could define as an ancestor of fake news, can be easily dismantled by observing the two paintings by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi that are on display side by side; the first is a splendid, very bright still life,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87857\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87857\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period - Fine Art\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/La_scelta_di_Sabrina_02-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Aminta&#8217;s Lament and Still Life by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>while the other presents a dreamy, almost romantic scene called &#8220;La douleur d&#8217;Aminte&#8221; (the sorrows of Aminta).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87830\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87830\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bartolomeo Cavarozzi Old Master\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bartolomeo_Cavarozzi.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Aminta&#8217;s Lament by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong> I must say that in general I did not like the exhibition, it did not stir my emotions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, despite the excellent organization and staggered admission of visitors, the halls of the museum were over-crowded, and it was impossible to look at a work serenely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87839\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87839\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period Old Master\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov\u2019_e_Giuditta.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Crowded Judith Beheading Holofernes Caravaggio<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Furthermore, as regards the general level of the exhibition I shall relay the words of Vincent Noce, an esteemed journalist an expert in art and a defender of heritage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8216;The show winks at the general public and overlooks research.&#8217;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87842\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87842\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Caravaggio's Roman Period Fine Art\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora-67x90.jpg 67w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/e-ora.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Many People at Caravaggio&#8217;s Exhibition<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naturally he is referring to the rumors about the controversial (to say the least) attribution of certain works to Caravaggio.<br \/>\nIn addition, many paintings came from my home town and I knew them. Having already seen a painting does not really mean much.<br \/>\nA beautiful painting is like a beautiful piece of music, you can listen to it dozens of times, but the emotions it evokes never dwindle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87836\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87836\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Old Master Caravaggio's Roman Period \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Dov_e_Sabrina.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Hidden Caravaggio&#8217;s<br \/>Saint John the Baptist<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be sincere, I am always very sorry to see so many masterpieces being removed from their natural places and re positioned in other locations.<br \/>\nAnd as regards location, I cannot fail to recall <strong>Federico Zeri<\/strong> who tells us that over the years the <strong>Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 museum<\/strong> has been totally revolutionized with various transformations and repositioning of many of the works of art that furnished it.<br \/>\nThe problem is that these changes were made disregarding entirely the last wishes of the couple, who had expressly requested that nothing be changed in their splendid <em>h\u00f4tel particulier<\/em> on the boulevard Haussman in Paris.<br \/>\nWe know from Zeri&#8217;s writings how much he fought to make sure that the collections and the historic houses, be kept, as far as possible, as the collector had conceived and presented them.<br \/>\nWho knows what he would think now about the state of his Mentana villa, about what has become of it, and, in spite of his will, what will become of it.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Caravaggio\u2019s Roman Period<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0His friends and enemies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9 Museum<\/h4>\n<h4>158, boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>From 21 September to 28 January 2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caravaggio&#8217;s Roman Period Friends and Enemies Dazzling successes, imprisonment, glory and daring escapes, sex trade of various kinds, brawls, murders, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":86124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1448],"tags":[5612,2521,4624],"class_list":["post-85817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine-en","tag-baroque","tag-federico-zeri","tag-renaissance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caravaggio&#039;s Roman Period - Egidi MadeinItaly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Caravaggio&#039;s Roman Period in these days at the Jacquemart Andr\u00e9 Museun in Paris. 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