{"product_id":"the-last-caravaggio-9781857097207","title":"The Last Caravaggio","description":"\u003cb\u003eA focus on Caravaggio's last work, \u003ci\u003eThe Martyrdom of Saint Ursula\u003c\/i\u003e, telling the story of an empowered female saint\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In early May 1610, Caravaggio finished painting \u003ci\u003eThe Martyrdom of Saint Ursula\u003c\/i\u003e. Two months later, he was dead, having been disfigured in a brawl and become ill while trying to return from exile to Rome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Caravaggio is one of the most famous and instantly recognisable artists in the world. His paintings open a vivid and startlingly modern window onto the seventeenth century, while his own turbulent life story, characterised by violence, murder, exile, and untimely death, remains a source of fascination. Few paintings are better placed to tell this story than \u003ci\u003eThe Martyrdom of Saint Ursula\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, violence takes place at uncomfortably close quarters as Caravaggio, whose own self portrait is included, looks on helplessly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by National Gallery Global\/Distributed by Yale University Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Gallery, London\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (April 18-July 14, 2024). It is not a travelling exhibition; however, the National Gallery is borrowing the painting from the Gallerie d'Italia in Naples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Whitlum-Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is acting curator of Later Italian, Spanish and 17th-century French Paintings at the National Gallery, London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"National Gallery London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183458484498,"sku":"9781857097207","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0cec5fbd-44dd-4e1f-93e8-30cf745fa4c7.jpg?v=1744467419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-caravaggio-9781857097207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}