Caravaggio, the genius who was copied countless times

Now that in Rome you can see a great exhibition of Caravaggio (until 6 July in the Gallerie Nazionali of the Barberini Palace), it is interesting to focus on a peculiar and less known aspect of the work of the Lombard master: the copies that were made in his time of his paintings. By Spain they have passed along the history at different times up to 10 of those reproductions, although only four are still currently in the country: two in Madrid, o…