Betrayed with a kiss: How Caravaggio’s The Taking of Christ made its way to Ireland

For nearly 200 years the painting was misattributed to someone else

Retribution and attribution – An Irishman’s Diary on the assassination of Percival Lea-Wilson and a Caravaggio masterpiece

The man who found a Caravaggio in Dublin

Sergio Benedetti obituary: born October 28th, 1942 – died January 24th, 2018

Short arm of the outlaw – An Irishman’s Diary about an exhibition of Caravaggio and his followers

Caravaggio: painting's bad boy rock star comes to Dublin

Caravaggio was tetchy and combative, quick to take offence and always ready for a fight. That energy pours from the works in a new show at the National Gallery of Ireland

Picture Postscript – An Irishman’s Diary about Easter 1916 and Caravaggio’s ‘The Taking of Christ’

The ‘lost’ Caravaggio, and the Irish woman who bought it

Husband’s assassination – ordered by Michael Collins – in a revenge attack for his role in suppressing the Rising prompted grieving widow to donate painting to priest

Saints alive (and almost dead): the power of Counter-Reformation paintings

The power of these images goes far beyond their historical significance