LOS ANGELES TIMES
By Jamie Wetherbe
ITALY---Caravaggio, known for causing more than a few brawls in his day, has started another spat in the art world. Italian art historians claim to have discovered as many as 100 student works by a young Caravaggio that, if proven to be authentic, could be worth $900 million. The pieces have long been attributed to master Milanese artist Simone Peterzano, who taught in the late 1500s and whose pupils included Caravaggio, then known as Michelangelo Merisi.Maurizio Bernardelli Curuz, the artistic director of the Brescia Museum Foundation, and his co-researcher, Adriana Conconi Fedrigolli, will soon publish a pair of ebooks supporting their case that the works are Caravaggio's. Caravaggio died in 1610 in his late 30s; about 90 paintings by the artist are thought to exist. [link]
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Art World Debates Claim of 100 Caravaggio Works
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