Tag: Caravaggio

Detroit Institute of Arts

Established: 1885 Opened: 1927 Address: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, United States Website: https://dia.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (c.1598-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1598–1599 Oil on canvas, 173 x 133 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was almost certainly commissioned in Rome by Caravaggio’s first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Captured in a strikingly natural…

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Established: 1992 Location: Paseo del Prado 8, 28014 Madrid Website: https://www.museothyssen.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also:…

David con la testa di Golia (c.1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David and Goliath) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 91.3 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Compared with the many other treatments of this well-known biblical episode, the scene depicted in the Prado picture is…

Museo del Prado (Madrid)

Established: 1819 Location: Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23, Madrid 28014 Website: https://www.museodelprado.es/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Ecce Homo (c.1605)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ecce Homo c.1605 Oil on canvas, 128 x 103 cm Palazzo Bianco, Genova The canvas, the origin of which is still unclear, was recorded in the inventory of Palazzo Bianco in 1921 as being a copy by Lionello Spada of…

Deposizione (c.1600-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…

Pinacoteca Vaticana

Founded: 1932 Address: WF42+7WV, Viale Centro del Bosco, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.vaticanmuseumsrome.com/pinacoteca Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Deposizione (c.1600-04) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): Dono alle fanciulle povere (1425) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): La nascita di San Nicola (1425) • Gentile…

Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…