The lost painting

Resource Information

The work The lost painting represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The lost painting

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan Harr

Creator

• Harr, Jonathan

Subject

• Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 -- Criticism and interpretation
• John, the Baptist, Saint -- Art
• Painting -- Expertising
• Painting, Italian -- Attribution

Language

eng

Summary

A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while painting transcendent works. He rose from obscurity to fame and wealth, but success didn't alter his violent temperament. He died young, alone, and under strange circumstances. Caravaggio scholars estimate that between sixty and eighty of his works are in existence today. Many others--no one knows the precise number--have been lost to time. Somewhere, surely, a masterpiece lies forgotten. This quest is a synthesis of history and detective story.--From publisher description

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

759.5

Index

no index present

LC call number

ND623.C26

LC item number

H37 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography