Guido Cagnacci (1601-63), the Italian Baroque master, is having a New York moment. Three of his paintings can be seen at three institutions on the Upper East Side — The Met Fifth Avenue, The Frick Collection and, most recently, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, an arm of the Italian government located on Park Avenue.

Cagnacci is little known to Americans and was only rediscovered in Italy in the 1950s, when exhibits including his paintings were held in Rimini (1952) and Bologna (1959). His unconventional artistic and personal style partly account for his obscurity, as does the absence of followers to carry on the master's work.

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