Word: caravaggio
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...Milan last year, Art Critic Lionello Venturi paused before The Martyrdom of St. Matthew, famed masterpiece of 17th century Michelangelo da Caravaggio. Venturi had seen the painting often before in Rome's dimly lit church of San Luigi dei Francesi. But this time, aided by the strong artificial light of the Milan gallery, where it was on loan, he thought he saw a vague overlapping of paint surfaces around the fallen figure of St. Matthew. He persuaded government art authorities to X-ray the canvas...
Great Expectations. In Caravaggio, Italy, after being robbed of 130,000 lire ($208), Mrs. Giacomina Cerutti received an envelope containing 5,000 lire ($8) and an unsigned note: "Dear Madam, it is I who stole your purse. Be assured you will get your money back . . . Will send you 5,000 lire ($8) monthly...
...navy surgeon, Captain W. G. Thwaytes. "You can have it for ?200," he told Thwaytes. The captain said he had never paid ?200 for a picture. "Oh, go on," urged Cookson, "have it for ?100 [about $400 at the time]. I'm sure it's a genuine Caravaggio...
...examined. Last year a friend showed a snapshot of Captain Thwaytes's picture to an expert in London. The expert gasped, demanded to see the picture. Sure enough, despite flaking and repeated clumsy attempts at restoration, it was, as Dealer Cookson had said all along, a genuine Caravaggio. "Expert restoration established it as the long-lost Musicians. The Metropolitan Museum put in a prompt bid, got it from v, delighted Captain Thwaytes for something more than...
Only one mystery remains: Where was the painting all those years before Dealer Cookson spotted it? The experts may never find out. The lone record of the family from which Cookson bought it is a 1933 inventory that reads: "No. 846-a musical party signed Helang da Caravaggio, 36 x 46 inches...