L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Friday, June 13, 2014

Sacred and Profane Love, two versions, by Giovanni Baglione, circa 1602-1603


The first version, painted for his patron, Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani.
The second version, in which the demon at left has been given a face; a spiteful caricature of Baglione's great enemy Caravaggio.

Giovanni Baglione (1566, Rome – 30 December 1643, Rome), Late Mannerist and Early Baroque Italian painter - mainly of religious and mythological subjects - and art historian. He is perhaps best remembered for his public rivalry with and libel suit against Caravaggio.






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