Focus on The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (Domenichino) and analyze the Reception.
Domenichino considered The Last Communion of St. Jerome to be his masterpiece. Other artists at this time, such as Andrea Sacchi and Nicolas Poussin, even considered it to be equal to Raphael's Transfiguration.  However, after the appropriation scandal and accusations by Lanfranco, Domenichino began to be viewed by others in a negative light. After the public debates over the issues of infringement for the Last Communion of Saint Jerome, this sparked a bigger debate that challenged the traditional values of imitation.There were a few scholars and artists who supported Domenichino. The Italian scholar Carlo Cesare Malvasia (1616–1693) responded to Domenichino's notoriety and artists in general by writing, "What painter does not steal in some way? Either from prints, or reliefs, or nature herself, or from the works of others, turning the poses in the opposite sense, twisting an arm more, showing a leg, changing the face, adding a drapery, and, in short, judiciously hiding the theft?"
Domenichino Nicolas Poussin Raphael St. Jerome Carlo Cesare Malvasia Jerome Saint Transfiguration Andrea Sacchi