Bernini left nothing out of the range of emotions, and this in turn left some of his work ripe for scandal. He was ripe for that anyway. His libido was always in a rage.

A single, high-strung work by either one of the Italian artists is enough to dominate a room, and this show presents 80 pieces by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Gian Lorenzo ...