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The lost painting

By Jonathan Harr

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The author of A Civil Action offers a compelling account of the search for a long-lost masterpiece by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Caravaggio, one his ...

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The Lost Painting By Jonathan Harr

Months before he completed what would become his 1995 award-winning bestseller A Civil Action (and years before it was turned into the hit movie starring John Travolta), Jonathan Harr ran out of money. So when an editor from the New York Times magazi ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

The Lost Painting: The Search for a Caravaggio Masterpiece By Jonathan Harr

Jonathan Harr, prize-winning author of A Civil Action, takes on a very different subject in The Lost Painting: The Search for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, read by Campbell Scott. It sounds like a complex thriller, where detective work by young art histo ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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Captivating, page-turning account of the search and discovery of a long-lost painting by Caravaggio, called "The taking of Christ". It casts some glimpses of light on Caravaggio's life and artistic genius even though it's not a biography of Caravaggio. This is not a fictional work: Francesca Cappe ... (continue)

Captivating, page-turning account of the search and discovery of a long-lost painting by Caravaggio, called "The taking of Christ". It casts some glimpses of light on Caravaggio's life and artistic genius even though it's not a biography of Caravaggio. This is not a fictional work: Francesca Cappelletti (as well as the other characters in the book) is an art historian (at the time of the discovery of Caravaggio's painting she was a young grad student), so the book is a real accont of the long quest that brought to the discovery of Caravaggio's lost painting. Really interesting read if you're into history and art.

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Lilyofthevalleys2000 said on Sep 8, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

This is a wonderful book about the quest for a lost Caravaggio masterpiece. Harr has interviewed all participants and knows how to present the material so that the book reads like a thriller. In the meantime, you also learn something about the about the life and times of Caravaggio. Having just been ... (continue)

This is a wonderful book about the quest for a lost Caravaggio masterpiece. Harr has interviewed all participants and knows how to present the material so that the book reads like a thriller. In the meantime, you also learn something about the about the life and times of Caravaggio. Having just been to Rome where I saw a number of paintings by Caravaggio in the churches for which they were destined, this book really appealed to me.
But if you love art and its history (or plain intrigue and scheming in the art world), this book will certainly have something to offer you!

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Linda Wilke said on Jun 1, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Fascinating bit of mystery, history and art. Could recommend this to those who liked City of Falling Angels or vice versa.

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Branflakez said on Aug 2, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback