Caravaggio and His Copyists (Monographs on Archaeology and Fine Arts)

232 Pages·1976·42.87 MB·English

by  Alfred Moir

Caravaggio
and
His Copyists
The publication of this monograph
has been aided by a grant from the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
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ALFRED MOIR
Caravaggio
and
His Copyists
PUBLISHED BY
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
/or the College Art Association of America
NEW YORK 1976
Monographs on Archaeology and Fine Arts
JponJored by
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
and
THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
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Editor
Lucy Freeman Sandler
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Moir, Alfred.
Caravaggio and his copyists.
Bibliography: p.
1. Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1571-1610-
Influence. 2. Art, Modern-17th-18th centuries.
3. Art, Modern-19th century. 4. Pictures-
Copying. 5. Art-Attribution. I. Title.
N6407.M64 760 75-27051
ISBN 0-8147-5408-2
Copyright© 1976 by the College Art Association of America
Contents
Preface
lX
List of illustrations
XV
I. When, Where, How, and Why Copies after Caravaggio Came into Being,
Who Made Them, and What Happened to Them 1
II. Copies as a Means of Authentication 31
III. Copies as a Mark of Taste 39
IV. Variants 47
V. Literary Sources 53
VI. Concluding Remarks 59
Addenda 65
Text Notes 69
Appendix I. Caravaggio's Oeuvre and Its Copies 79
Part A: Existing Autograph Paintings 83
Part B: Lost Paintings 103
Part C: Doubtful Attributions 116
vi CARA V AGGIO AND HIS COPYISTS
Part D: Paintings Not by Caravaggio 116
Part E: Works Not Considered 120
Notes on Appendix I 121
Appendix II. Numerical Computations 163
Appendix III. Scale of Originals; Numbers and Scale of Copies 165
Bibliography 167
Illustrations 177
To the memory of
Pat Martin
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