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Review

[Graham-Dixon] took ten years to come to terms with a very obdurate and highly original painter. Time well spent.-- "Economist"

A rollicking take on the Counter Reformation painter, an autodidact prone to smashing plates in restaurants, challenging competitors with swords, and using prostitutes as models for the Virgin Mary.--Megan O'Grady "Vogue"

Brilliantly illuminates the life of an artist who was no less shadowy than his canvases--a man capable of both committing murder and creating ineffable beauty.--Joseph Luzzi "Bookforum"

Enthralling...reads like a historical-swashbuckler-cum-detective-story while also providing an up-to-date introduction to some of the most admired paintings in Western art.--Michael Dirda "Washington Post"

Graham-Dixon combed the criminal records of the era to glean extraordinary details about the artist's run-ins with the law.

He skillfully evokes the social and religious context of turn-of-the-17th-century Italy.--Ann Levin "Associated Press"