26 FEBRUARY 2005, page 32

Gathering Darkness

Andrew Lambirth on a glorious Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery M ichelangelo Merisi (1571–1610), called are temperamentally drawn to the sketchy and incomplete. But......

(1571–1610), Called M Ichelangelo Merisi Caravaggio After...

has become something of a mythical figure in the half-century or so since his reputation was rescued from obscurity. Today he is celebrated as the great precursor of realism,......