Exporting Caravaggio: The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

by Erin E. Benay

Overview

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1606–7) marks a crucial turning point in the life and artistic development of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). One of seven Caravaggio paintings in US collections, and the only altarpiece, it exemplifies the influential tenebristic style the artist developed during his rise to fame in Rome, while signaling the introduction of an even grittier realism in his work. This is the first book-length publication to consider this understudied masterwork in its complex historical and geographic contexts, and to incorporate the findings of a recent conservation study in its assessment of the work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911282242
Publisher:	D Giles Limited
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Cleveland Masterwork
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Erin E. Benay is Climo Junior Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, OH.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Preface: Why Caravaggio?

Introduction

Part I. Caravaggio in Spanish Naples

Becoming Caravaggio

Martyring Saint Andrew

Caravaggio and the Myth of Naples

From Court to Cult: Viceregal Patronage in Seventeenth-Century Naples

Part II. From Naples to Valladolid

Collecting Caravaggio in Spain

Painting Caravaggio: Technique and Conservation in the Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Authentic Replicas

Conclusion: Mobility and Stasis in the Art of Caravaggio

Notes

Bibliography

Photo Credits

The Cleveland Museum of Art Board of Trustees