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Scholar Tour | Professor Maria Cristina Bandera and In Caravaggio’s Light
Scholar Tour | Professor Maria Cristina Bandera and In Caravaggio’s Light
Experience In Caravaggio’s Light | Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi through the rare perspective of Professor Maria Cristina Bandera, esteemed art historian and member of the board of directors of the Fondazione Roberto Longhi. In this intimate gallery tour, Professor Bandera will guide audiences through the exhibition, offering insights into the historical contexts, artistic techniques, and enduring impact of Caravaggio and his contemporaries. This tour will be conducted in Italian with live English translation.
Scholar Tour | Professor Maria Cristina Bandera and In Caravaggio’s Light
Saturday, October 25, 2025
9:00 AM–10:00 AM
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg FL 33701
$25 for Members; $35 Not-Yet-Members
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ABOUT MARIA CRISTINA BANDERA
Professor Maria Cristina Bandera is an esteemed Italian art historian, Scientific Director of the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi in Florence and a member of its Board of Directors. Her academic career includes holding the chair of Art History at the Accademie di Belle Arti of Venice and Naples (1984–2006). She is a Fellow Member of Harvard University’s Villa I Tatti and serves on the editorial board of Paragone Arte. Bandera has curated major exhibitions—among them Il tempo di Caravaggio at the Musei Capitolini (2020)—and has published widely on Roberto Longhi’s legacy, Caravaggio, Morandi, and Italian art of the Renaissance and modern periods. Her scholarship has been recognized with honors such as the Antonio Morassi Prize (2000).
Images:
Jusepe de Ribera, St. Thomas (detail), c. 1613, Oil on canvas, Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, Italy
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as Caravaggio, Boy Bitten by a Lizard (detail), c. 1597, Oil on canvas, Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, Italy
Matthias Stom (Stomer), The Archangel Raphael and the Family of Tobit (detail), c. 1630-1632, Oil on canvas, Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, Italy
Organized by Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi and Civita Mostre e Musei.
