LONGHI (Roberto) — Caravaggio - Lot 191

LONGHI (Roberto) — Caravaggio Paris, Éditions du Regard, distributed by Seuil, n.d. Translated from Italian by Gérard-Julien Salvy. ISBN 2-84105-169-2. Quarto, softcover with publisher’s illustration. An important study by the Italian historian and art critic Roberto Longhi (1890–1970) devoted to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as Caravaggio (1571–1610). Longhi played a key role in the critical rediscovery of the painter in the 20th century and in the reevaluation of Caravaggism. Abundant color illustrations reproducing the works of Caravaggio and those of artists placed within his artistic milieu and the history of Caravaggism. A fine copy, with a few slight signs of wear on the cover.

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