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\"DSC04534\"<\/a>There are two Baroque paintings in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art that I think are worth the entire two hour trip from Boston to Hartford to see. When I first visited the Wadsworth about 10 years ago, the entire Baroque section was being renovated. When I visited again in 2011, I got to see one of them and it was truly a treat. The other was in storage. This time, I finally got to see the painting I had been trying to see, and it was gorgeous.<\/p>\n

One painting is Orazio Gentileschi’s Judith and Holofernes<\/em><\/a>. Like so many others, Gentileschi painted in the style of Caravaggio, and he was among the few who truly mastered Caravaggio’s rich colors, dramatic shadows and\u00a0intense emotion.<\/p>\n

The other painting is Caravaggio’s St. Francis of Assisi<\/em><\/a>. There are only a handful of paintings by Caravaggio in American collections, so it’s a treat to see works by the master on home soil. The Wadsworth worked an entire exhibit around these two paintings (Burst of Light: Caravaggio and his Legacy<\/a>), so obviously, I have been dying to see this since it opened in March. We finally found a free weekend to head down to Hartford and we had a wonderful afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Photos from our visit to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 2011<\/a><\/p>\n