Melchiorre Cafà. Maltese genius of the Roman baroque

This publication is the first truly collective attempt to study the work of Melchiorre Cafa. In a variety of studies, it discusses specific and synoptic issues related to his oeuvre. These are especially concerned with placing the artist's work within the wider contexts of stylistic and patronage patterns and includes importantstudies dedicated to the critical reception (or fortuna critica) reserved to his work, to bobliographic surveys and to scientific, technical and conservation aspects. It also presents a check list of works (or attributed to) the Artist. This checklist aims at establishing a critical repertory of his oeuvre.