The Capodimonte Museum announces a major exhibition dedicated to Caravaggio for 2019

The Capodimonte Museum has announced a major exhibition for 2019 that will run from April to July. The title of the exhibition, Caravaggio in Naples, already promises to be a great success with the public.

Relative to what will be presented, little information is yet available, but it will be an exhibition that will delve into Michelangelo Merisi’s Neapolitan period, the most intense one of his artistic production: thus, one will understand the context in which he worked, his acquaintances, and how the city of Naples gave the artist the right influence to create his masterpieces. In addition, one will learn about his effect on the Neapolitan school of painting.

Present in the exhibition is certainly the Flagellation of Christ, created by Caravaggio between 1607 and 1608 and kept in the collections of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.

The director of the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco, Sylvain Bellenger, said the exhibition “will not serve to make visitors, but to study Caravaggio’s eighteen months in Naples and his effect on the Neapolitan school of painting. It will follow a Caravaggesque path through the city.”

Image: Michelangelo Merisi, Flagellation of Christ (1607-1608; oil on canvas, 286 x 213 cm, Naples, Museo di Capodimonte)

The Capodimonte Museum announces a major exhibition dedicated to Caravaggio for 2019

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