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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.
Painters of reality: The legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this painting (see index) Media related to Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio (London) at Wikimedia Commons
The Age of Caravaggio: an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 5-April 14, 1985, and at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. New York, Milan: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Electa. ISBN 0-87099-382-8. Hilaire, Michel (1995). Caravage, le sacré et la vie. Paris: Herscher. ISBN 2-7335-0251-4. Longhi, Roberto ...
Basket of Fruit, c. 1595–1596, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan. Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi) was born in Milan, where his father, Fermo (Fermo Merixio), was a household administrator and architect-decorator to the marquess of Caravaggio, a town 35 km (22 mi) to the east of Milan and south of Bergamo. [7]
The altar was to be composed of two Caravaggio paintings as well as a statue of the saint by Flemish artist Jacob Cobaert. [3] However, the church was not pleased with the statue and Caravaggio was re-hired to do another piece as the center for the altar, to show Saint Matthew writing the Gospel under the guidance of an angel. Caravaggio ...
Media related to Saint Jerome in his study by Caravaggio (Valletta) at Wikimedia Commons "The Maltese priest and the kidnapped Caravaggio: The amazing true story of the scrappy octogenarian who busted an audacious art heist". salon.com. December 4, 2016. "Saint Jérôme écrivant – Chef-d'œuvre du Caravage". stjohnscocathedral.com (in French).
A lost Caravaggio painting that was almost mistakenly sold at auction for a bargain price is going on display at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, after being rescued and restored.
The Cardsharps (painted around 1594) is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The original is generally agreed to be the work acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum in 1987, although Caravaggio may have painted more than one version.