
The Met Reunites Caravaggio’s Last Two Paintings in Exhibition Opening on April 11

April 11–July 9, 2017
The Met Fifth Avenue
European Paintings, 2nd Floor, Gallery 621
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, the last documented painting by the great Caravaggio (1571–1610), will be on exceptional loan from the Banca Intesa Sanpaolo in Naples and presented with another of the artist’s final works, The Met’s The Denial of Saint Peter, created in the last months of his life. These two extraordinary paintings have not been shown together since 2004, in an exhibition in London and Naples devoted to the artist’s late work. Caravaggio’s Last Two Paintings will offer a rare opportunity to see these pictures side by side and to examine the novelty of Caravaggio’s late style, in which the emphasis is less on the naturalistic depiction of the figures and more on their psychological presence.

The exhibition is organized by Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at The Met.
It will be featured on The Met website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
The Met Fifth Avenue
European Paintings, 2nd Floor, Gallery 621
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