Luigi Salerno

Luigi Salerno (1924–1992) was an Italian historian of Italian art and historiographer. He is particularly known as a scholar of the Italian baroque and Salvator Rosa, with expertise on the 17th century, including Guercino and Caravaggio.[1]

Luigi Salerno
Born	September 3, 1924 Rome
Died	July 22, 1992 (aged 67) Rome
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Art historian

Luigi Salerno was a student of Lionello Venturi. He went to London in 1948 and in 1949, working with the Warburg Institute. In 1953 he married Elda Campana. He received a prize for his work studying the links between the English and Italian art in 1600–1700. This work was appreciated by Rudolf Wittkower. He won the Fulbright prize and in London he started a prolific relation with Denis Mahon.

In the early 1960s, in collaboration with Mahon, he authenticated two Caravaggio paintings in American museums: “Martha and Mary Magdalene” (Detroit Institute of Arts) and “The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew” (Cleveland Museum of Art).[2]

In 1965 Luigi Salerno was a professor at Penn State University in the United States.

References

1. "Salerno, Luigi". Dictionary of Art Historians. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
2. "Salerno, Luigi". Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

External links

Finding Aid for the Luigi Salerno research papers, 1948-1996 at the Getty Research Institute. Includes biographical information and list of archival holdings.