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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 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.
Self-portrait by Caravaggio (detail from Martyrdom of Saint Matthew). After receiving his initial training in Milan, Caravaggio arrived in Rome in the early 1590s, perhaps in the summer of 1592, [5] aged around twenty. He passed through several studios, working on a variety of small-scale productions, including flowers and fruit.
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.
The two works making up the commission, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and The Calling of Saint Matthew, delivered in 1600, were an immediate sensation. Thereafter he never lacked commissions or patrons. The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Without recourse to flying angels, parting clouds ...
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio, 1599-1600 The Inspiration of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio, 1599-1600. Cesari finished the vault by 1593, but then became occupied with papal commissions; Cobaert produced a statue that was rejected, in part because it represented the Apostle without the traditional angel.
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 ...
In 1601/02 Caravaggio was apparently living and painting in the palazzo of the Mattei family, inundated with commissions from wealthy private clients following the success of the Contarelli chapel where in 1600 he had displayed The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew. It was one of the most productive periods in a ...