Jonathan Harr - The Lost Painting
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Jonathan Harr - The Lost Painting

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 era's most colorful and turbulent figures, following a young graduate student across hundreds of years and four countries to uncover the mystery of "The Taking of Christ." Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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Art History Detectives - Finding Caravaggio's Lost Painting

byabhaille Jun 17, 2008
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Pros One of the best books about a specific artwork I've ever read. Fast moving.
Cons Not one, seriously.
Recommended it? Yes

Vive Italia! I picked up The Lost Painting not long after I'd finished Murder of a Medici Princess. It was on the stack to read, but I wasn't sure I was up for more Italian history. I opened it up, thinking I would look at a few pages and place it in the stack accordingly. I was a third of the way... Read full review »

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Lost Painting : Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece - Jonathan Harr - 9780375759864 - 0375759867

ISBN13: 9780375759864. ISBN10: 0375759867. by Jonathan Harr. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 06

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Authors Jonathan Harr
Nonfiction Category Art

Professional Reviews

New York Times: "[A] narrative that possesses all the suspense and emotional and social detail of a keenly observed novel."

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PaperbackReprint299November 07, 2006Random House Inc8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.5 lbs.9780375759864

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The Englishman moves in a slow but deliberate shuffle, knees slightly bent and feet splayed, as he crosses the piazza, heading in the direction of a restaurant named da Fortunato.

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