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Detroit's 'Conversion of the Magdalen' (the Alzaga Caravaggio) 4 - The Documentary Findings: Ottavio Costa as a Patron of Caravaggio
10/1974 | 859 | 116
Pages: 570+579-586+591
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Author:
Spezzaferro, Luigi (Spezzaferro, Luigi)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
1590-1609
museums and institutions:
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States
patrons:
Costa, Ottavio, 1554-1639
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian painting / Documents
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Inventories / Correspondence
subjects:
Mary Magdalene, Saint / Martha, Saint
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Detail from Inscription on the Back of the Detroit Conversion of the Magdalen Recording the Name of Niccolò Panzani.
Attributed works:
38. Conversion of the Magdalen, Attributed to Simon Vouet. Canvas, 110 by 140 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)
Western art unattributed:
37. Conversion of the Magdalen. Probably Variant of a Lost Saraceni. Canvas, 97 by 130 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes.)