Old Master exhibitions not to miss in 2017

Beyond CaravaggioNational Gallery of Ireland, Dublinuntil 14 May
Considering that Caravaggio (1571-1610) made a deep impression on patrons in Rome and indelibly made his mark on Neapolitan art, it is remarkable that by the 1630s his influence was spent, while Bolognese classicism and the flamboyance of Pietro da Cortonas baroque triumphed. The so-called CaravaggeschiCaravaggios followers, contemporary and posthumousare the subjects of this show. Paradoxically it seems that the works of those wh