Caravaggio
“The Taking of Christ” (or “The Kiss of Judas”)
c.1602
Stolen painting by Caravaggio recovered in Berlin Ukrainian and German police have recovered ‘The Taking of Christ’ (also known as ‘The Kiss of Judas’), a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odessa, Ukraine, in July 2008]]>
June 30th, 2010
Valued at around $100 million, the work is one of the finest examples of Caravaggio’s use of the ‘chiaroscuro’. The work, painted around 1602, had been stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odessa, Ukraine, in July 2008. Read history
The canvas is one of the two versions of the same subject that the Italian artist painted, the other in the National Gallery of Ireland.
About Caravaggio
Although Art history is full of stormy, violent and even self-destructive personalities, few of them seem to be as fascinating as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), whose fame as a talented painter was paired with his reputation of being a bad-tempered drinker. It is said that the taverns of Rome feared the violent Caravaggio, as skilled with the brush as he was with the knife. But Caravaggio was also one of the most innovative artists in the Western painting, to the point that he is often referred as the father of the Baroque Painting. Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro became so famous that many painters started to copy his paintings. In addition, Caravaggio can be considered as the most important influence to many later masters such as Rembrandt or Velázquez.
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