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21/2/2005

Caravaggio

The National Gallery, London

Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) was at the height of his fame as the most original and powerful painter of his day, when in May 1606, he killed a man in a duel. With a capital sentence on his head, he was forced to flee Rome, never to return.

During the remaining four years of his life, Caravaggio's art underwent a dramatic transformation as he moved restlessly from Naples to Malta to Sicily. He continued to use intensely observed realism and dramatic lighting to endow his paintings with a compelling sense of actuality. However, the mood of the pictures became more introspective as he probed the human condition more acutely and with greater sympathy than ever before.

This exhibition concentrates on this relatively little known period in Caravaggio's career. It brings together paintings from the remote centres in which he worked so that his profound late style can be fully appreciated for the first time. The exhibition has been organized by the National Gallery and the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale di Napoli.

Supported by the American Friends of the National Gallery as a result of a generous grant from Howard and Roberta Ahmanson.

The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting: over 2,300 pictures dating from about 1250 to 1900. Most paintings in the permanent collection are on Level 2.

The main temporary exhibition galleries are located on Level -2 of the Sainsbury Wing (flat access from street and lifts or stairs other levels).

Sainsbury Wing Admission charge
The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London
Open every day 10am-6pm, Wednesdays until 9pm. Last admissions 5.15pm (8.15pm Wednesday).

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