Valentin de Boulogne
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710 Price: $30
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Following the death of Caravaggio in 1610, two artists of genius built on his legacy in ways that profoundly influenced the history of European painting. One was the Spaniard Jusepe de Ribera, the other the Frenchman Valentin de Boulogne. Famous in his own day, and a continuous reference point for French painters down to Courbet and Manet, Valentin was one of the great figures of 17th-century painting. In these talks, hugely charismatic Keith Christiansen will explore the ways in which this marvelous artist explored new ways of engaging the viewer and in conveying his own melancholic response to the human condition.
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