Robb’s extraordinary book about the great Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi from Caravaggio is being reprinted for the exhibition of the artist’s work that opens at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in November and later moves to Melbourne. The book contains dozens of pictures. This will be a cheaper edition than before (the notes have been removed) and will have an insert giving page references to pictures in the exhibition.’Written with the urgency of a detective novel – compulsively readable.’ – John McDonald, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD’A book that recreates the mirror Caravaggio held up to nature with singular delicacy as well as passion and panache.’ – Hilary Spurling, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW