
About This Novel
"The Mercenary Captain" was written from 1957 to 196. The protagonist Gaspard Winclair has devoted himself for several months to imitating a "Mercenary Captain", which is comparable in all aspects to the "Mercenary Captain" in the Louvre. The original is a 1475 painting by the Italian painter Antonello of Messina. Page 1 begins with Winclair assassinating Madeira. Why was there this murder? Why Gaspar? Winclair failed in his plan to rival Messina's Antonello? What is he looking for in becoming a master of counterfeiting? What does he want in the image of control and energy embodied in the mercenary's face? Why did he view Madeira's murder as a form of liberation?
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