Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe

Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe by Bernd Ebert and Liesbeth M. Helmus is the scholarly companion to one of the most significant art historical exhibitions in recent years — an examination of how Caravaggio’s revolutionary approach to light, shadow, and naturalism was absorbed and transformed by the Utrecht Caravaggists: the Dutch painters Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerrit van Honthorst, and Dirck van Baburen, who travelled to Rome, encountered Caravaggio’s work, and brought his innovations back to northern Europe. Published by Prestel with exceptional reproduction quality, this volume traces the lines of influence that connect Italian baroque painting to the Dutch Golden Age, making essential connections for anyone interested in seventeenth-century European art and the transmission of visual ideas across the continent.