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Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; / ˌ k ær ə ˈ v æ dʒ i oʊ /, US: /-ˈ v ɑː dʒ (i) oʊ /; Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo meˈriːzi da (k)karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571 [1] – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
Caravaggio is shown employing street people, drunks and prostitutes as models for his intense, usually religious paintings. He is depicted as frequently brawling, gambling, getting drunk and is implied to sleep with both male and female models. In the art world, Caravaggio is regarded as vulgar and entitled for his Vatican connections.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; / ˌ k ær ə ˈ v æ dʒ i oʊ /, US: /-ˈ v ɑː dʒ (i) oʊ /; Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo meˈriːzi da (k)karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571 [2] – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
The paintings in the Contarelli Chapel form a group of three large-format canvases painted by Caravaggio between 1599 and 1602, initially commissioned by Cardinal Matteo Contarelli for the Church of St. Louis of the French (San Luigi dei Francesi) in Rome, and eventually honored after his death by his executors.
For a more in-depth description and analysis, see the article at Caravaggio.org. [2] Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte, Caravaggio's patron, had a keen interest in alchemy. Caravaggio has painted an allegory of the alchemical triad of Paracelsus: Jupiter stands for sulphur and air, Neptune for mercury and water, and Pluto for salt and earth.
The painting's attribution has been disputed by scholars. Nicola Spinosa, a specialist in 17th-century Italian paintings, believes that the artwork was painted in Caravaggio's style, but is not an authentic work of his. [7] In the journal Finestre sull'Arte, Camillo Mazitti opined that the artwork was "lacking in Caravaggio's dramatic vigour." [12]
The Trieste version "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" is published in the Maurizio Marini corpus catalogico "Caravaggio - Pictor praestantissimus" Newton & Compton - 2005 in position Q50. [27] The painting is declared as "d'interesse artistico e storico" by the "Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Sopraintendenza Regionale del Friuli ...
Whether or not the dating is accurate, the work is believed to have originated from Caravaggio's late Roman period, [6] which ended with the painter's exile to Malta in 1606. [7] That Saint Jerome Writing is the work of Caravaggio is sometimes brought into question, as it was attributed to Jusepe de Ribera in the Borghese inventories from 1700 ...