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Caravaggio's Lady By Keith West

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Publication date: 26/11/2026
ISBN: 978-1-80468-136-7
Size: Royal 234x156mm Portrait
Imprint: Pegasus
Pages: 286

Caravaggio's Lady

Keith West

Caravaggio’s Lady, like its forerunner Caravaggio’s Boy, brings vividly alive the world of the painter and of his patron and protectress, the Marchesa Costanza Colonna, in all its stark contrasts of exquisite beauty and abject squalor, genuine piety and corrupt religiosity, devoted love and rapacious violence – the curious mixture of the savage and the sublime that is late Renaissance Italy. The author’s deep knowledge of the technique and history of the paintings together with an unusual sensitivity to the spirituality that lies behind them, opens up their meaning and context in a richly powerful way – and yet with a lightness of touch that makes this a highly readable, riveting story.

Very Revd Jeffrey John, former Dean of St Albans, now Chaplain to the Anglican Church of St George, Paris.

Vivid, transportive and artful, West’s writing has the unmistakable mark of a true expert in his field

AJ West (no relation) Author of Times bestseller ‘The Spirit Engineer’ and ‘The Betrayal of Thomas True.’ Committee member the Society of Authors.

‘Caravaggio’s Boy’ has a storyline that is vivid for everyone who loves art history

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About Author

Keith West

Keith West studied painting at Coventry College of Art, was formerly head of arts at Camden Institute. He painted the Passion suite, exhibited in churches, including Westminster Abbey. A memoir was commissioned by the Tate Gallery of international art critic Barbara Reise and his experiences as an art student during upheavals leading to the evolution of Brit-Art. The memoir was published in book form: Light Under a Bushel included a critique of contemporary art and art education, serialised in Jackdaw Independent Art Magazine. Research material for the Tate document deposited with Coventry University Archive. Caravaggio’s Boy, published in 2025, was based on the painter and his model – Cecco del Caravaggio – Caravaggio’s Boy.

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