# Is It a Caravaggio? with Clovis Whiftield

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Podcast: [Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217)
Published: 2025-09-27T05:30:00+00:00
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**Featured in The Guardian** Caravaggio lived a violent fist of a life, but man could he paint. He is one of a handful of true revolutionaries, creating a style that was unlike anything that had come before, and was hugely influential. But he only made some 60 paintings, depending on which scholar you ask, so each is incredibly valuable. And not one has come up for auction in the last century or so. Today’s episode reveals some big surprises regarding three known versions of a painting called The Lute Player. But are all three by Caravaggio? Let’s find out in this special episode where I’m joined by British gallerist Clovis Whitfield and Art Recognition co-founder, Carina Popovici.

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