The Lost Painting (2005)
By Jonathan Carr
Jonathan Carr recounts the story of locating Caravaggio's missing painting, "The Taking of Christ". The book reads like a detective story, and the job was complicated by all of the copies of the painting, difficult-to-access records, and the movement of the work over the years. When the painting was finally located in the dining room of a rectory in Ireland, it had been thought to have been just another copy. Good sleuthing - and a good look into the world of art collecting.
Jonathan Carr recounts the story of locating Caravaggio's missing painting, "The Taking of Christ". The book reads like a detective story, and the job was complicated by all of the copies of the painting, difficult-to-access records, and the movement of the work over the years. When the painting was finally located in the dining room of a rectory in Ireland, it had been thought to have been just another copy. Good sleuthing - and a good look into the world of art collecting.
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