Double caravaggio. In Capodimonte a dialogue between the gay and the flagellation of Christ – Naples – Arte.it

Napoli – After crossing more than 450 thousand spectators, finished on the occasion of the Roman exhibition Net in Palazzo Barberini, theHere is a man Di Caravaggio stops in Naples, the city in which it was built four centuries ago.
Redisted in 2021 in Madrid, the masterpiece is the special guest of the museum and real Bosco di Capodimonte until 2 November, in dialogue with the Flagellation of ChristPainted by Merisi.
“Capodimonte Double Caravaggio”, This is the title of the appointment, a tribute to the celebrations for the 2500 years of the city, promoted in collaboration with the municipality of Naples, welcomes the two jewels made during the Napolitan stay of Merisi (between 1606/1607 and 1609).
The protagonist, in recent years, of the World Scientific and Media Debate, after the attribution theHere is a man Spanish was immediately exhibited at the Prado Museum in Madrid, commissioned by the new owner, and can currently only leave Spain for exceptional occasions.
Before the discovery he was in the living room of a private house. In 2021 it was offered for sale with an auction base of 1500 euros as work by ‘School of Ribera’. After the publication, by the Spanish art house Ansorena, of a catalog with the masterpiece, a fiery Tam Tam saw the most important experts of the painter, including art dealers and museum curators from all over the world. While the photo lost its reputation as an original from Caravaggio, the Spanish government, consolidated, he punished his non -exportability, bound his stay in his territory.

Michelangelo Merisi named Caravaggio, Flagellation, 1607, oil on Canvas, 213×266 cm. Naples, Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte I thanks to the FEC-Fondo buildings of worship of the Ministry of the Interior

Bought in the summer of 2024 by a British philanthropist who lives in Spain, theHere is a man It is now exhibited in a dedicated room of the Prado Museum of Madrid.
Although Roberto Longhi, in his founding studies about the painter, had published a statue of a copy of the Madrid image, a glimpse of a can, in the first place, all the power of an authentic caravaggesca idea that is still being traced, the study of the San Fernand’s history is entirely from the Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete van de Sanete’s Van de Sanete van de Sanete’s Van de Sanete Fernand. Recognized the same in a caravaggio was a viceroy of Naples – Garcia Avellaneda y Haro – in the mid -seventeenth century.

In the framework of Madrid, Caravaggio sets the figures profoundly, which suggests a dark lodge from which Ponzio Pilato protrudes, while a torture with his mouth opens the bag to show his bound body. The importance of the painting is confirmed by the resumption of some poses in the star Pala Tue 1607-1608 by Battistello Caracciolo (1578-1635), one of the most loyal followers of Caravaggio and who also had direct relationships with the artist during his Napolitan stay. That is why visitors in the same room will also find the gay of the Napolitan colleague, of the Capodimonte deposits.

“As soon as we heard that the exception of Homo would arrive in Italy – Eike Schmidt, director of the museum and real Bosco di Capodimonte – explains – we went to work to have it in Naples at the end of the anniversary exhibition for which the exhibition Scourge. The celebrations of the 2500 years of Naples have been a further motivation for the realization of this initiative. Our loan policy will always be characterized by the protagonism of Capodimonte and the allure of its heritage. In particular, this special guest is for whom we thank the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Prado, also an opportunity for unique comparison that illustrates and documents the Napolitan fortune of the caravaggesque model “.