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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Oil on Canvas
52.6 in × 66.7 in
TVO (Television Ontario) had a one hour program yesterday on Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ. Here is the video (in five parts) of the program. About half of the program describes how Caravaggio painted the piece, and is a very interesting (and well-explained) review of his technique. The rest of the piece describes how the painting got lost, and then was found. This story itself mimics the death and resurrection of Christ. The painting is now in the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin.
I posted this painting last Easter.