The Entombment of Christ (1602-1603).
Posted on 12/14/2009 4:36:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A crypt in the Tuscan town of Porto Ercole, Italy, could contain the 400-year-old bones of artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, anthropologists said.
A team from Bologna University and Ravenna University planned to use infrared scanners, CAT scans, DNA analysis and carbon dating to solve the mystery of where Caravaggio, a master of chiaroscuro lighting, was buried, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday.
The crypt in Porto Ercole was the mostly likely of eight possible burial sites, said Caravaggio expert Maurizio Marini. Local church records said Caravaggio died in the town in 1610.
On Wednesday, the anthropologists began sorting through 30 to 40 sets of bones in the crypt to separate out those belonging to men around the age of 40 who might have died in the 17th century.
Likely candidates were to be taken to the anthropology department in Ravenna for further tests, including DNA bone sampling to be compared with that of male descendants of Caravaggio's brother, ANSA reported.
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Whoops! And thanks GSP.FAN for the link!
Why? What are they going to do to his bones, dig them up and parade them around art museums? Leave him be, RIP has no meaning anymore?
***Why? What are they going to do to his bones, dig them up and parade them around art museums? Leave him be, RIP has no meaning anymore?***
Somebody must have gotten a BIG government grant.
So if you are good with lights, people try to find your bones with DNA?
Maybe if we used (Michelangelo) in the title in addition to Caravaggio...?
If I understand my history correctly this is important because his death was shrouded in mystery. All that is known is a contemporary death notice, saying he died of a fever in Porto Ercole but that no body was ever found.
He led a short, violent, dissolute life and made plenty of enemies so foul play has long been suspected.
If I’m not mistaken, he was rediscovered in the 20th century.....even though he had an incredible influence on artists to follow! Strange how things are so easily buried in time.
Good review of Caravaggio - his life, his methods and his work.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/caravaggio.html
The Entombment of Christ (1602-1603).
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