Caravaggio and Caravaggeschi: exhibition opens in Otranto

Opening to the public next June 11 is the exhibition Caravaggio and the Caravaggesque painters in southern Italy from the collection of the Roberto Longhi Foundation, at the Castello Aragonese in Otranto. Until Sept. 24, works from the Longhi collection will thus move to Puglia for an exhibition curated by Maria Cristina Bandera, scientific director of the Longhi Foundation: alongside Caravaggio’s well-known painting, the Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (Boy Bitten by a Lizard), works by southern Caravaggesque painters such as Mattia Preti, José de Ribera, Battistello Caracciolo, Matthias Stom, Andrea Vaccaro and many others will be on display.

The exhibition will be open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight (ticket office closes one hour before). Cost (also includes a visit to the Aragonese Castle and a visit to the exhibition Roberto Cotroneo. Genius loci in the theater of art): full 12 euros, reduced 10 euros (for groups of at least 12 visitors, conventioned, Otranto Card holders), special reduced 6 euros (under 18, conventioned and residents of the municipality of Otranto), free for children under 6 and under 18 visiting with parents, tour guides accompanying groups, disabled and accompanying persons, accredited journalists. Info at www.mostracaravaggio.it.

Image: Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio, Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (c. 1595-1596; oil on canvas, 65.8 x 52.3 cm; Florence, Fondazione Longhi)

Caravaggio and Caravaggeschi: exhibition opens in Otranto

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