The Lost Painting (26 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J
ONATHAN
H
ARR
lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Rome. He is the author of
A Civil Action,
which was awarded the 1995 National Book Critics Circle Award.

ALSO BY JONATHAN HARR

A Civil Action

Copyright © 2005 by Jonathan Harr

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Title-page and part-title art: Caravaggio (Michelangelo da Merisi),
The Taking of Christ,
1602, courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland and the Jesuit Community, who acknowledge the generosity of the late Dr. Marie Lea-Wilson

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Harr, Jonathan.
The lost painting / Jonathan Harr.—1st ed.
p.         cm.
1. Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573–1610—Criticism and interpretation.                  2. John, the Baptist, Saint—Art.                  3. Painting, Italian—Attribution.                  4. Painting—Expertising.                  I. Title.

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623.
C
26
H
37         2005
759.5—dc22                                                      2005048593

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