A 2021 episode of Secrets of the Dead detailed Marius Zarafa’s efforts to retrieve a stolen painting of this man, which was recovered after a possibly illegal wiretap. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this man depicted “writing” in that painting. A small portrayal of this person holds a scroll in the lower right of Parmigianino’s Madonna of the Long Neck.
ANSWER: Saint Jerome
[10e] Saint Jerome Writing was a rediscovered painting by this artist. Jesus visits the title tax collector in this artist’s The Calling of St. Matthew.
ANSWER: Caravaggio [or Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]
[10h] The corner of Saint Jerome Writing depicts the coat of arms of Ippolito Malaspina, a prior of this city. Caravaggio’s time in this city inspired Battistello Caracciolo, a member of this city’s murderous “cabal” of artists.
ANSWER: Naples [or Napoli; accept Cabal of Naples]
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