CAVEDONE, Giacomo
(b. 1577, Sassuolo, d. 1660, Bologna)

Mocking of Christ

c. 1615
Oil on canvas, 93 x 127 cm
Private collection

The dark background of this composition, offsetting the three protagonists in powerful chiaroscuro, reminds us that the artist had occasion - in Rome itself - to witness the pictorial revolution instigated by Caravaggio.