The Capodimonte version of Caravaggios Flagellation of Christ (1607) was originally created for the church of San Domenico Maggiore
Courtesy of Capodimonte
Fifteen years after its exhibition on Caravaggios final years, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples presents an exhibition this week that looks at the explosive impact that the Baroque painters late works had on artists in the southern city and how they influenced their approach to naturalism.
Born and trained in the northern region of Lombardy, Caravaggio stayed in Naples from October 1606 to June 1607 and again from autumn 1609 to shortly before his untimely death in July 1610, at the age of 38. The exhibition, organised by Capodimontes director Sylvain Bellenger and the Caravaggio specialist Maria Cristina Terzaghi, compares seven works by Caravaggio with 19 paintings by Baroque artists active in Naples during and after his time there, including Battistello Caracciolo, Louis Finson and Jusepe de Ribera.
The Caravaggio works on loan include The Flagellation of Christ (around 1606) from the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts, which is travelling for the first time in 35 years after important restoration work, two versions of Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist, from the Royal Palace of Madrid (around 1607) and Londons National Gallery (around 1609-10), and John the Baptist from Galleria Borghese in Rome (1610).
Caravaggios newly restored Flagellation of Christ (around 1606) is travelling for the first time in 35 years from the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts
Rouen Museum of Fine Arts
Three Caravaggios are normally displayed in Naples: the Capodimontes Flagellation (1607); The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610), believed to be his last picture and the star attraction of thRead More – Source
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