Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy

(Los Angeles—October 26, 2012)—The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is pleased to present Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy, an exhibition devoted to the legacy of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), one of the most influential painters in European history. The exhibition was co-organized by LACMA, the Musée Fabre, Montpellier, the Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, under the auspices of FRAME (French Regional American
Museum Exchange), an international consortium to which all four museums belong.

Image credits:

Carlo Saraceni, The Martyrdom of St. Cecilia, circa 1610, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, Photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, circa 1604-1605, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, William Rockhill Nelson Trust, Photo courtesy of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, by Jamison Miller

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ecce Homo, circa 1605, Musei di Strada Nuova, Palazzo Bianco, Genoa, Italy, Photo © 2012 Musei di Strada Nuova

Orazio Gentileschi, Danaë, circa 1622-1623, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, Photo © 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art

Exhibition: Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy On View: November 11, 2012-February 10, 2013 Location: Resnick Pavilion