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Caravaggio’s ‘Crucifixion of St Andrew’ and the problem of autograph replicas

06/2018 | 1383 | 160

Pages: 454-461

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Reviewer:

Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)

Subjects

art literature:

Papi, Gianni, Florence, Italy / Bellori, Giovanni Pietro

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Finson, Louis

dates:

1590-1609 / 2010-2019

media:

Paintings

museums and institutions:

Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

patrons:

Pimentel de Herrera, Juan Alfonso, 5th Duke of Benavente

places:

Italy / Naples / Rome / Spain

subjects:

Italian painting / Reviews / Exhibition reviews / Copies / Tracings / Attribution / Attributions / Dating / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Conservation / Radiographs / Ultraviolet photographs / Pigments / Connoisseurship / Christian iconography

subjects:

Andrew, Saint

subjects:

ArsRoma

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail of Fig.3, showing the soldier’s armour.

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2. Detail of Fig.4, showing the soldier’s armour.

Attributed works:

3. Crucifixion of St Andrew, by Caravaggio. 1606–07. Canvas, 202.5 by 152.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1976.2).

Attributed works:

4. Crucifixion of St Andrew, here identified as a copy after Caravaggio. Canvas, 198 by 148.5 cm. (Spier Collection, London).

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s head.

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6. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s head.

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7. Detail of Fig.3, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author).

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8. Detail of Fig.4, showing St Andrew’s right foot (Photograph author)

Attributed works:

9. Overlay of the contours of Flagellation, by Caravaggio (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples) in green, onto a copy of Flagellation in S. Domenico Maggiore, Naples, in red. From G.S. Ghia and C. Strinati, eds.: Caravaggio nel patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto. Il Doppio e la Copia, Rome 2017.

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