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Models and Props

Nicholas Penny

  • Caravaggio by Catherine Puglisi
  • Caravaggio' Secrets by Leo Bersani and Ulysse Dutoit
  • M by Peter Robb
  • Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History by Mieke Bal
  • Doubting Thomas: A Novel About Caravaggio by Atle Naess, translated by Anne Born
  • Caravaggio: A Life by Helen Langdon

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Nicholas Penny is the director of the National Gallery.

From the archive

Journey to Arezzo
Nicholas Penny: The Apotheosis of Piero

At Tate Britain
Frank Kermode: William Blake

At the Royal Scottish Academy
Eleanor Birne: Ron Mueck

Looking at the Ceiling
T.J. Clark: A Savonarolan Bonfire

At Tate Modern
Daniel Soar on Jeff Wall