Gianni Papi is a leading scholar on Caravaggio and his circles in Rome and Naples. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including La “schola” del Caravaggio. Dipinti dalla Collezione Koelliker (Ariccia, 2006), Caravaggio e caravaggeschi a Firenze (Florence, 2010), Andrea Commodi (Florence, 2012) and Gherardo delle Notti (Florence, 2015). He has published these monographs: Cecco del Caravaggio (1992 and 2001), Orazio Borgianni (1993), Andrea Commodi (1994), Antiveduto Gramatica (1995), Gerrit Honthorst in Italia (1999), Spadarino (2003), Ribera a Roma (2007) and Bartolomeo Manfredi (2013). His articles have appeared in the most important journals of the field, including over forty in Paragone as well as others in The Burlington Magazine, Bollettino d’arte, Arte cristiana, Storia dell’arte, Studi di storia dell’arte, Ars Magazine, Artibus et historiae and Artitalies.
