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The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (Italian: Martirio di San Matteo; 1599–1600) is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.It is located in the Contarelli Chapel of the church of the French congregation San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it hangs opposite The Calling of Saint Matthew and beside the altarpiece The Inspiration of Saint Matthew, both by Caravaggio.
The works evoke three major stages in the life of the apostle Saint Matthew: his calling by Jesus Christ (The Calling of St Matthew), his writing of the Gospel guided by an angel (The Inspiration of Saint Matthew), and his martyrdom (The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew). They are still preserved in the Church of St. Louis of the French.
The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting by Caravaggio that depicts the moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome , where it remains.
Saint Matthew and the Angel: Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum: 232 × 183 cm Oil on canvas: Destroyed in 1945 1602: Inspiration of Saint Matthew: Rome, Contarelli Chapel: 292 × 186 cm Oil on canvas: 1602: John the Baptist: Rome, Capitoline Museums: 129 × 94 cm Oil on canvas: c. 1602: John the Baptist: Rome, Doria Pamphilj Gallery: 129 × 94 cm ...
The Calling of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio, 1599-1600. The Contarelli Chapel or Cappella Contarelli is located within the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.It is famous for housing three paintings on the theme of Saint Matthew the Evangelist by the Baroque master Caravaggio.
Saint Matthew and the Angel was created as a commission for the Contarelli Chapel. Caravaggio was previously commissioned to paint two scenes of the saint's life, and after the patrons were satisfied with them, a third was commissioned. The Contarelli Chapel was dedicated to Saint Matthew. With funds left for its building in 1585, it was ...
The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Commissioned by the French Cardinal Matteo Contarelli, the canvas hangs in Contarelli chapel altar in the church of the French congregation San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, Italy .
Most of Caravaggio's paintings after 1600 depicted religious subjects, and were placed in churches. According to Denis Mahon, the two paintings in the Cerasi Chapel form "a closely-knit group of sufficiently clear character" with The Inspiration of Saint Matthew in the Contarelli Chapel and The Entombment of Christ in the Pinacoteca Vaticana ...