Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, was a prolific and important painter of the early Baroque period in Italy. During his lifetime he was equally well-known for his art, as he was notorious for his violent temper, which frequently landed him in trouble and forced him to travel (flee, to be specific) constantly. Few artists in history have exercised as extraordinary an influence as this tempestuous and short-lived painter. Caravaggio was instrumental in establishing the tenets of the Baroque movement, moving European art away from the idealized viewpoint of the Renaissance to a more quotidien aesthetic of beauty.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Rome, Italy.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London, UK.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
c.1594-1595. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
c.1595. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
c.1595-1596. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1595. Oil on canvas. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
c.1596. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA. Read Note.
c.1597. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1597. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
c.1598. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1598-1599. Oil on canvas. The Louvre, Paris, France.
c.1598-1599. Oil on canvas. Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, IL, USA. Read Note.
1598-1599. Oil on canvas. Johnson Collection, Princeton, NJ, USA. Read Note.
c.1598-1600. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1599. Oil on canvas. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland. Read Note.
c.1599. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
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Caravaggio: Quadrifolio (Rizzoli Quadrifolio) by Stefano Zuffi, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Rizzoli, 2001.
M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb. Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 2000.
Caravaggio (Masters of Art) by Alfred Moir. Harry N Abrams, 1989.
Caravaggio: A Play in Two Acts by Michael Whitney Straight. Devon Press, 1979.
Caravaggio by Catherine Puglisi, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Phaidon Press, 1998.
Caravaggio by John T. Spike, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio, Michele K. Spike. Abbeville Press, 2001.
Caravaggio (Icon Editions) by Howard Hibbard. Westview Press, 1985.
Caravaggio: A Novel by Christopher Peachment. Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals by Creighton E. Gilbert, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995.