The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow is hosting an exhibition of paintings by the 17th-century master, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, his largest show outside his native Italy.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow is hosting an exhibition of paintings by the 17th-century master, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, his largest show outside his native Italy.
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow is hosting an exhibition of paintings by the 17th-century master, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, his largest show outside his native Italy.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankPushkin Museum Director Irina Antonova said this exhibition is unique as they have brought in Caravaggio works from museums across the world for one show, which is next to impossible to do.
Pushkin Museum Director Irina Antonova said this exhibition is unique as they have brought in Caravaggio works from museums across the world for one show, which is next to impossible to do.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankIt is very rare that one can see so many Caravaggio paintings in one museum. This exhibition includes the famous Boy with a Basket of Fruit (photo) and Supper at Emmaus.
It is very rare that one can see so many Caravaggio paintings in one museum. This exhibition includes the famous Boy with a Basket of Fruit (photo) and Supper at Emmaus.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul, photo) is one of the two large altar paintings Caravaggio made for Santa Maria del Popolo, a church in Rome.
The Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul, photo) is one of the two large altar paintings Caravaggio made for Santa Maria del Popolo, a church in Rome.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe focus of the exhibition is certainly The Entombment of Christ,...
The focus of the exhibition is certainly The Entombment of Christ,...
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabank…which is considered one of his masterpieces and is seldom allowed to leave the Vatican.
…which is considered one of his masterpieces and is seldom allowed to leave the Vatican.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabank“This is the largest and most representative Caravaggio exhibition outside Italy and a major cultural event not only for Moscow or Russia, because it has attracted worldwide attention,” said Viktoria Markova, the exhibition’s curator.
“This is the largest and most representative Caravaggio exhibition outside Italy and a major cultural event not only for Moscow or Russia, because it has attracted worldwide attention,” said Viktoria Markova, the exhibition’s curator.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankCaravaggio’s contemporaries thought his paintings provoking and extravagant. Nicolas Poussin, a French classical painter, claimed that Caravaggio was born to destroy painting. The Pushkin Museum exhibition offers an insight into Caravaggio’s influence on the development of painting.
Caravaggio’s contemporaries thought his paintings provoking and extravagant. Nicolas Poussin, a French classical painter, claimed that Caravaggio was born to destroy painting. The Pushkin Museum exhibition offers an insight into Caravaggio’s influence on the development of painting.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankThe exhibition will be open until February 19.
Photo: A visitor at Caravaggio’s John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness).
Photo: A visitor at Caravaggio’s John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness).
The exhibition will be open until February 19.
Photo: A visitor at Caravaggio’s John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness).
Photo: A visitor at Caravaggio’s John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness).