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Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571-18 July 1610) was an Italian artist who was born in Milan. He was the first major representative artist of the Baroque school. Orphaned at an early age, in 1584 he was sent by his brother to Milan as an apprentice in the workshop of Simon Pertezano. In 1592 leaves Milan and goes to the Rome of Clement VIII in search of fortune. During the next years, the artist barely working for other artists and is hosted at home of Pandolfo Pucci eating only a salad every day. He becomes ill, and there are reports after recovering from its association with Prospero Orsi, a painter of grotesque. In this period belong his first works, which include “Bacchus” and “Young with a basket of fruit”. After, he tried to live by himself painting self-portraits or paintings inspirited by himself, but he doesn’t succeed and lived on charity. His situation improved thanks to the protection of Cardinal Del Monte, which makes for him outstanding works and altarpieces of the Contarelli Chapel. This is one of the few peaceful moments in the life of the artist. From then, he received numerous public and private offers for working. When he worked a couple of weeks, he waste the next month, playing ball and getting into fights. In a scuffle injures Flavio Canonico, Sergeant Castel dell'Angelo and is imprisoned. In 1605 hurts the notary Mariano Pasqualone and flees from Rome but returned. But he killed Ranuccio Tomassoni and he flees from Rome again and now, forever. While fleeing, Rubens takes the Caravaggio’s picture "The Dormition of the Virgin" and is exhibited in Rome during 8 days causing controversy because of the naturalness show of the Virgin. Then, fleeing, he will go to Malta, Syracuse, Messina, Palermo and Naples, where he was seriously wounded in the face making him unrecognizable. In July 1610 undertakes the return journey to Rome, but in Porto Ecole, a Spanish territory in the confines of the Papal States, was arrested by mistake. After two days was released but he had missed the boat that should bring him to Rome. He went to the beach and died, on 18 July of 1610, of malignant fever. The novelty of Caravaggio was the radical naturalism, physically close observation combined with a dramatic scene and the approach at chiaroscuro, the use of light and shadow.

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Caravaggio - Adoration of the Shepherds

Caravaggio - Adoration of the Shepherds

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 296
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1609
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Caravaggio - Amor Victorious

Caravaggio - Amor Victorious

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 193
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1603
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Caravaggio - Bacchus

Caravaggio - Bacchus

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 227
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1596
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Caravaggio - Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio - Basket of Fruit

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 165
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Still life, 1597
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Caravaggio - Boy Bitten by a Lizard

Caravaggio - Boy Bitten by a Lizard

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 166
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Portrait, 1594
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Caravaggio - Boy Peeling a Fruit

Caravaggio - Boy Peeling a Fruit

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 151
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Portrait, 1593
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Caravaggio - Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio - Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Date: 09/25/2007
Views: 186
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Portrait, 1593
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Caravaggio - Burial of St Lucy

Caravaggio - Burial of St Lucy

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 157
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1608
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Caravaggio - Christ At The Column

Caravaggio - Christ At The Column

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 232
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1607
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Caravaggio - David 1600

Caravaggio - David 1600

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 164
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1600
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Caravaggio - David 1607

Caravaggio - David 1607

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 182
Keywords: Oil on wood, Mythological, 1607
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Caravaggio - David 1609

Caravaggio - David 1609

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 196
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1609
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Caravaggio - Ecce Homo

Caravaggio - Ecce Homo

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 159
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1606
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Caravaggio - Flagellation

Caravaggio - Flagellation

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 166
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1607
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Caravaggio - Judith Beheading Holofernes

Caravaggio - Judith Beheading Holofernes

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 266
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1598
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Caravaggio - Jupiter Neptune And Pluto

Caravaggio - Jupiter Neptune And Pluto

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 211
Keywords: Ceiling painting in oil, Mythological, 1600
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Caravaggio - Madonna Del Rosario

Caravaggio - Madonna Del Rosario

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 175
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1607
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Caravaggio - Madonna Di Loreto

Caravaggio - Madonna Di Loreto

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 208
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1605
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Caravaggio - Madonna with the Serpent (Madonna Palafrenieri)

Caravaggio - Madonna with the Serpent (Madonna Palafrenieri)

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 184
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1606
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Caravaggio - Magdalene

Caravaggio - Magdalene

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 146
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Portrait, 1597
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Caravaggio - Martha And Mary Magdalene

Caravaggio - Martha And Mary Magdalene

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 158
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1598
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Caravaggio - Medusa

Caravaggio - Medusa

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 210
Keywords: Oil on canvas mounted on wood, Mythological, 1599
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Caravaggio - Narcissus

Caravaggio - Narcissus

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 248
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Mythological, 1599
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Caravaggio - Nativity With St Francis And St Lawrence

Caravaggio - Nativity With St Francis And St Lawrence

Date: 09/26/2007
Views: 149
Keywords: Oil on canvas, Religious, 1609
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