中英對照讀新聞》 Caravaggio portrait goes on public display for the first time in Rome卡拉瓦喬肖像畫將在羅馬首次向公眾展出
卡拉瓦喬所描繪的教宗烏爾班八世是少數留存於世的肖像畫作。(法新社)
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A portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio held in a private collection since it was discovered more than 60 years ago is being shown to the public for the first time in a museum in Rome.
一幅由巴洛克畫家卡拉瓦喬繪製的肖像畫,自從被發現並由私人蒐藏超過60年後,將首次於羅馬的博物館向大眾公開展示。
Caravaggio, whose real name was Michelangelo Merisi, was a master of the chiaroscuro technique of lighting to make his subjects seem to come alive. He died in 1610 in his late thirties after a turbulent life.
本名米開朗基羅.梅里西的卡拉瓦喬是一位明暗對照法技巧大師,以光線使畫作主題栩栩如生。他的一生動盪波折,於1610年30歲後半過世。
His portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini, who would go on to become 17th century Pope Urban VIII - a great patron of the arts who had sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini among his proteges - was attributed to him in 1963.
這幅在1963年認定出自卡拉瓦喬之手的肖像畫,描繪的是在十七世紀成為教宗烏爾班八世的馬費奧.巴貝里尼。他是顯要的藝術贊助人,受他提攜的後進包括身兼雕塑家和建築師的吉安.羅倫佐.貝尼尼。
It is one of just a handful of surviving Caravaggio portraits, since most have been lost or destroyed, and it goes on display from Nov. 23 until Feb. 23, 2025, the museum said.
這僅是卡拉瓦喬少數留存於世的肖像畫之一,其它多數已佚失或毀壞。這幅作品將於11月23日起展示至2025年2月23日。
新聞辭典
turbulent:形容詞,動盪的、混亂的。例句:A turbulent society is not good for economic development.(一個動盪的社會無益經濟發展)
protege:名詞,受提攜者、門生。例句:Lots of famous japanese authors were protrges of Natsume Kinnosuke.(許多有名的日本作家曾受夏目漱石提攜)