Abstract:The Crucifixion of St. Andrew by Michelangelo da Caravaggio was shown publicly for the first time in three hundred years at the 1955 exhibition of the L'Age d'Or Espagnol in Bordeaux. An oil painting ...The Crucifixion of St. Andrew by Michelangelo da Caravaggio was shown publicly for the first time in three hundred years at the 1955 exhibition of the L'Age d'Or Espagnol in Bordeaux. An oil painting on canvas (200 cm × 150 cm), this work is not mentioned in recent literature on Caravaggio because only in 1954 was its authorship ascertained. In May 1954, a photograph of it was sent to Professor Giuseppe Fiocco in Padua. He thought he recognized the hand of Caravaggio but withheld final judgment until he could see the original, which was then in Zurich for reasons of expertization and safe keeping.1 Fiocco called in Herman Voss of Munich for consultation. A joint examination, made June 1, 1954, in the studio of the restorer, Richard Olbertz,2 verified the opinion that this painting is the long-lost original by Caravaggio, hitherto known only through a badly preserved copy in the Museo Nacional in Toledo.3 Since the writing of this paper, these opinions have been supported by Prof. Antonio Morassi.Read More
Publication Year: 1958
Publication Date: 1958-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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