Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life. 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 a formative influence on Baroque painting.
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Caravaggism is the movement of painters across Europe who directly adopted Caravaggios dramatic chiaroscuro and naturalism.
Caravaggio is the artist most closely identified with dramatic chiaroscuro.
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Painted by Caravaggio, 1600-1601.
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 - 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life.
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He began his apprenticeship in Milan in 1584, and during the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily.
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Basket of Fruit (c.1599) is a still life painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), which hangs in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Ambrosian Library), Milan. It shows a wicker basket perched o
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
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Christ on the Mount of Olives was an oil on canvas painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, from c. 1604-1606. It was formerly in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, in Berlin, but was destroyed in 1945. The pain
Amor Vincit Omnia (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
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Amor Vincit Omnia in Latin, known in English by a variety of names including Amor Victorious, Victorious Cupid, Love Triumphant, Love Victorious or Earthly Love, is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio, from 1601-16
Saint Jerome Writing (Caravaggio, Valletta) (Wikipedia)
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Saint Jerome Writing is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1607 or 1608, housed in the Oratory of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. It can be compared with Caravaggio's earlier version of
Christ at the Column (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
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Christ at the Column (also known as The Flagellation of Christ), is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, from c. 1606-1607. It is held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, in Rouen.
Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, London) (Wikipedia)
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The Supper at Emmaus is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, completed in 1601, and now in London. It depicts the Gospel story of the resurrected Jesus's appearance in Emmaus. Originally, this painting was commissi
Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence (Wikipedia)
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The Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence is a painting of the nativity of Jesus from 1609 by Italian painter Caravaggio. It has been missing since 1969 when it was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. In
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (Wikipedia)
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The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It takes its theme from a passage in the Gospel of Matthew describing the moment when Christ called the two brothers Simon - later known as Peter - and Andrew, to be his disciples: As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea - for they were fishermen.
Annunciation (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
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The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, finished around 1608. It housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.
Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (Wikipedia)
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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris. Alof de Wignacourt joined the Order of the Knights of Saint John (the Knights of Malta) in 1564, a
The Calling of Saint Matthew (Wikipedia)
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Narcissus (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
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