by Caravaggio, 1599–1600, Contarelli Chapel, S. Luigi dei Francesi, Rome   He thought it was going to be about wealth, those five fat cats around the table, glossy silk and velvet, their extravagant plumed hats, as they count and shuffle the coins—a world away from the two strangers who stumble into the room with their […]

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