The Arrest of Jesus by Caravaggio

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Taking of Christ, Caravaggio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Imagine discovering a lost treasure on the wall of your dining room!

This was the good fortune of the Jesuit community in Dublin. To learn more about this  story, read Willard Spiegelman‘s “Confrontation Amid the Shadows,” in The Wall Street Journal.

Those interested in coats of armor, as exemplified by the Roman soldier in the center of the Caravaggio painting, will enjoy the Frick Collection’s current exhibition, Men in Armor, which features the portraits by El Greco (1541-1614) and Scipione Pulzone (1550-1598).

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Portrait of Jacopo Boncompagni, Scipione Pulzone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

See Roberta Smith’s “Two Silent Men, Deep in Conversation” in The New York Times to learn more about this collection.

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