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www-wga-hu-4985		Sacred and Profane Love by BAGLIONE, Giovanni			.html	text/html	404	28	66	Sacred and Profane Love by BAGLIONE, Giovanni Sacred and Profane Love Baglione painted this canvas, alongside of another version now in Berlin, for the Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani. The two works follow on the heels of and make reference to Caravaggio's Love Victorious, painted in 1601 for the Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani. He was the first painter to attach himself to the new naturalistic vision of Caravaggio, a style that had its official debut in that painter's work at San Luigi dei Francesi in the Jubilee Year of 1600. While there is no doubt that Baglione modelled the National Gallery picture on Caravaggio's Love Victorious, the artist took a completely new point of view. The face of the figure of the devil at the left has been identified as a portrait of Caravaggio. This canvas includes a satirical condemnation of both Caravaggio's art and his moral scruples, making what is tantamount to a visual charge of sodomy. The painting is signed and dated: "IO BAGLIONE/R:F:/1602"	./cache/www-wga-hu-4985.html	./txt/www-wga-hu-4985.txt