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Informationen zum Autor Richard E. Spear is affiliate research professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a specialist in Italian baroque painting. He is the author of many books, including Caravaggio and His Followers , Domenichino 1581-1641 , and The Divine Guido: Religion, Sex, Money and Art in the World of Guido Reni . Klappentext This vivid, handsomely illustrated account of Thwaytes v. Sotheby's --one of the major art trials of recent times--will be of interest to dealers, conservators, and lawyers as well as all admirers of Caravaggio. In 2006, a Caravaggio scholar bought a version of the painter's famous Cardsharps at Sotheby's in London for just fifty thousand pounds. He then announced the piece was not a replica, as Sotheby's had stated, but was in fact Caravaggio's first version of the masterpiece--potentially worth up to fifty million pounds. Shocked by the news, Lancelot Thwaytes, who had consigned the painting to Sotheby's, sued the auction house for negligence, and the case came to trial at the High Court in London in 2014. This detailed account of Thwaytes v. Sotheby's is told from the inside by an eminent art historian who acted as an expert witness in the case. The verdict had far-reaching implications for the art world, and a question that has been much debated by scholars--whether or not Caravaggio made replicas of his own paintings--ended up becoming a judicial matter. Zusammenfassung Vividly written and handsomely illustrated, this account of Thwaytes v. Sotheby’s – one of the major art trials of recent times – will be of interest to dealers, conservators and lawyers as well as all admirers of Caravaggio.
