Sergio Benedetti

{{short description|Italian art historian}} {{Infobox person | name = Sergio Benedetti | honorific_suffix= <small> OMRI</small> | image = | caption = | birth_name = Sergio Adriano Benedetti | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|10|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Addis Ababa, Italian East Africa | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|01|24|1942|10|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Florence, Italy | spouse = {{marriage|Ita Benedetti (née Collins)|1970|2007|end=divorced}} | children = 2 }} '''Sergio Adriano Benedetti''' (28 October 1942 – 24 January 2018) was an Italian art historian and formerly Head Curator and Keeper of the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/national-gallery-appoints-fionnuala-croke-as-keeper-and-head-curator-1.910020|title = National Gallery appoints Fionnuala Croke as keeper and head curator}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgallery.ie/remembering-sergio-benedetti-1942-2018|title=Remembering Sergio Benedetti (1942-2018)|website=National Gallery of Ireland|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>

He was best known for his rediscovery of the Baroque masterpiece, ''The Taking of Christ'' by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/25/arts/an-unsung-caravaggio-finds-glory-in-dublin.html|title=An Unsung Caravaggio Finds Glory in Dublin|first=James F.|last=Clarity|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 November 1993|publisher=|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> In 1994 he was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services to art and culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/ELEMENTI/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=157372|title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana}}</ref>

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