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Caravaggio's "Cardsharps": Trickery and Illusion', by Helen Langdon
03/2014 | 1332 | 156
Pages: 179
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
subjects:
Italian painting / Collections, Public / Commissions
works:
Cardsharps (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States)
Article
Appendix: Technical Report on 'The Cardsharps'
01/1988 | 1018 | 130
Pages: 26-27
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Author:
Christiansen, Keith (Christiansen, Keith; Christiansen, K.)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Technical analysis
works:
Cardsharps (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Infra-Red Reflectogram Showing Left, Gloved Hand of Older Cardsharp, Which Is Overlapped by the Doublet of His Young Companion.
Attributed works:
23. Infra-Red Reflectogram Showing the Back of the Doublet of the Young Cardsharp and the Modification of the Centre Black Stripe.
Attributed works:
24. Infra-Red Reflectogram of the Backgammon Board. Left Hand Arrow Indicates the Original Edge of the Board; Right Arrow the Board as Extended by the Artist over the Patterned Carpet.
Article
Fresh Light on Caravaggio's Earliest Period: His 'Cardsharps' Recovered
01/1988 | 1018 | 130
Pages: 10-25
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Author:
Mahon, Denis (Mahon, Denis)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
patrons:
Del Monte, Francesco Maria, Cardinal, 1549-1626
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Copies / Versions
subjects:
Attributions / Patronage
subjects:
Provenance / Documents
works:
Cardsharps (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Attributed works:
12. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. After Stripping and before Restoration.
Attributed works:
13. The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. Braun's Photograph of the Painting When in the Sciarra Collection. 1880s.
Attributed works:
14. Gypsy Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio. 115 by 150 cm. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.11. After Stripping and before Restoration. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.11. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
18. Engraving after The Cardsharps, by Giovanni Volpato. 1772. (Included as Pl.40 in Gavin Hamilton's Schola Italica Picturae, Rome, 1773).
Attributed works:
19. Detail from the Bottom Left Corner of the Back of the Original Canvas of The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio, Showing Stamp. Actual Size. [The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio. 91.5 by 128.2 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).]
Attributed works:
20. Detail from the Bottom Left Corner of the Back of the Original Canvas of the Gypsy Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio, Showing Stamp. (Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome).
Attributed works:
21. Infra-Red Reflectogram Showing the Altered Position of the Right Hand of the Young Cardsharp, and the Preparatory Brushwork of the Stripes on the Breeches.
Western art unattributed:
17. Copy after Caravaggio's The Cardsharps. 92 by 130 cm. (Sold Sotheby's, London, 1983).