Il Sepolcro Degli Amanti 2014

Roberto Ferri painted this scene, called Il Sepolcro Degli Amanti, seemingly channeling Caravaggio. The work depicts a man and a woman in an embrace, set against a dark backdrop with a single light source casting dramatic shadows. I wonder if Ferri was thinking about the theatricality of Baroque painting, the way it uses light to create drama? It’s a dance between dark and light, isn’t it? And look at the way he’s built up the surface, layer upon layer, to achieve that luminous quality. I can see him, brush in hand, carefully modelling the muscles and curves of their bodies, trying to capture the vulnerability and raw emotion of the scene. The weight of his touch, the precision of his strokes—it’s all there in the final image. It’s like he’s inviting us into a private moment, a shared experience of love and loss. And that, my friends, is what painting is all about.