Caravaggio restored
June 18 2012
Video: IBTV
Caravaggio's 1608/9 painting The Raising of Lazarus has been restored. Tolerably good images can be seen in the video above. Otherwise, more details here.
Update - a reader writes:
In 1992 my wife and I saw Caravaggio's (un-restored) 'Raising of Lazarus' in the Messina museum. We were entirely alone, as far as we could see in the whole place, except for very welcoming guardians. The 'Raising of Lazarus' made a tremendous impact: my reaction then that this was the single greatest oil painting I had ever seen, and I am not sure I would think differently today. Thanks for flagging the restoration -- I can only heartily recommend anyone see it in Rome or back home in Messina.
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