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Michelangelo Caravaggio

Italy

Place & Date of Birth

Italy 28 September 1571

Description

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had ...
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Artwork (22)
Exhibition (10)
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The Entombment of Christ
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Narcissus at the Source
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Saint Jerome Writing
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David with the Head of Goliath
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit
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The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
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The Denial of Saint Peter
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Conversion on the Way to Damascus
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Sick young Bacchus
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Beheading Holofernes
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The Calling of Saint Matthew
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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
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The Beheading of Saint John
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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist