Caravaggio: Maligned and Misunderstood?
Fri, Sep 05
|Richmond Library Annexe and live online
Perhaps the most controversial artist of the seventeenth century and someone who continues to inspire controversy. Join us to learn who he really was. more info below
Time & Location
Sep 05, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Richmond Library Annexe and live online , Quadrant Rd, Richmond TW9 1DH, UK
About the Event
This lecture will take a closer look at his career, his paintings and his patrons, seeking to dispel some of the myths which still swirl around him, partly inspired by documents published in the 1990s, falsely claimed to be connected with him.
Why are there no drawings which can be associated with him. Was he a murderer? Why was he imprisoned in Malta and what prompted his attempt to return to Rome in 1610?
Please join art historian dr Susan Bracken for this one hour talk.
No recordings.
Upon booking you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to join.