There are few artists in history who inspire intrigue quite like Caravaggio. Here's where to find his works in Rome.

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Here's my guide to the Caravaggio Trail in Rome. This guide covers the life of the groundbreaking Baroque artist. And it tells you where to find his art in Rome. There are 24 of Caravaggio's famous paintings in Rome. They're in Rome's best museums, churches, and secret palaces.

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Here's my guide to the Caravaggio Trail in Rome. This guide covers the life of the groundbreaking Baroque artist. And it tells you where to find his art in Rome. There are 24 of Caravaggio's famous paintings in Rome. They're in Rome's best museums, churches, and secret palaces.

Arrogant, rebellious and a murderer, Caravàggio's short and tempestuous life matched the drama of his works. Characterised by their dramatic, almost theatrical lighting, Caravàggio's paintings were controversial, popular, and hugely influential on succeeding generations of painters all over Europe.

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🇮🇹Era un 18 luglio come oggi ma del 1610 quando Caravaggio morì a Porto Ercole a 39 anni… 🇮🇹It was July 18 like today but in 1610 when Caravaggio died in Porto Ercole at 39 years old……

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio), Mailand 1571? - Porto Ercole David mit dem Haupt des Goliath - David with the Head of Goliath (1600) Museo del Prado, Madrid The Bible story (Samuel 1:17) depicted here corresponds to the moment when, as a young shepherd, David kills Goliath, the giant, with his sling and cuts off his head to triumphantly exhibit it. The episode of tying the giant’s tresses to reveal his head has no iconographic precedent and is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, making this work yet another example of Caravaggio’s originality and independence. This painting is first listed in an inventory of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid in 1794. Its previous history is unknown but it is thought, with some reservation, to be from the collection of Juan Bautista Crescenzi. This collector with a known predilection for modern artists - that is, naturalists - arrived in Madrid in 1617 and died there in 1635. Alternatively, it may have been brought to Spain by the Count of Villamediana, who was in Italy between 1611 and 1615. According to Bellori, he owned a David by Caravaggio. Finally, though less likely, it could be the David of Caravaggio that Monsignor Galeotto Rospigliosi left in his will in 1643. The painting’s presence in Spain is borne out by some period copies, all of which were made in a Spanish context. During the 19th century, this canvas was attributed to the school of Caravaggio, and while it was later included in that master’s catalog, some critics considered it an ancient copy of a lost original. Caravaggio’s authorship was finally demonstrated by Mina Gregori, who published an X-ray of it that shows the first version of the giant’s head, with a dramatic expression, bulging eyes and a gaping mouth whose terrifying appearance recalls Medusa (Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi) and Holofernes (Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica), two paintings in which Caravaggio successfully expresses the horror of physical pain. This expression may have been changed because that painter’s client considered it excessively violent. In any case, the X-ray certifies that the canvas is an original Caravaggio. Attention has been drawn to the expressive containment of the head in the shadows, which contrasts with the customary image of David as winner, as well as the tight composition, which resembles no other work by this artist except for Narcissus (Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica), with its geometric scheme- based, here, on a rectangle. As to this painting’s date: specialists agree that it is from the artist’s relatively youthful period, somewhere between 1596 and 1600. Source: Museo del Prado

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian 1573-1610) Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome Italy Caravaggio pushed his figures up against the picture plane and used dramatic lighting which gives his paintings a quality of immediacy. He portrayed realistic observations of the physical and emotional human state. These combined characteristics had a formative influence on Baroque painting.

🗿• The Genius of Michelangelo Caravaggio and his Command of Light • 🐚 Second Part