Il Sepolcro Degli Amanti 2014

Roberto Ferri made "Il Sepolcro Degli Amanti" with oil paints, but the date is unknown. The surface has this incredible sheen, like old skin. The palette is very old master, the bodies glowing, the violet cloth in the left-hand corner, a very subtle contrast. You can see every ripple of those muscles, every tiny shift in the light. Look closely at the way Ferri renders the skin. You can see the brushstrokes building up the form, layer after layer, almost like he's sculpting with paint. The skin looks like a landscape in itself. The details, like the thorns on her head, become almost hyperreal. I see echoes of Caravaggio here, the dramatic lighting and the raw emotion of the figures. It's a dialogue across centuries, a conversation between artists that stretches beyond time.