Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist) c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 106.7 cm National Gallery, London The story of the death of Saint John the Baptist is related in the Gospel…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di un cavaliere di Malta, Fra Antonio Martelli (Portrait of a Knight of Malta) 1608 Oil on canvas, 118.5 x 95.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze See also: • Martelli, Antonio (1534-1618)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Amorino dormiente (Sleeping Cupid) 1608 Oil on canvas, 72 x 105 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze In classical antiquity Cupid, the god of love, was always depicted as a young boy armed with bow and arrows. Such images were known as…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1601 Oil and tempera on canvas, 141 × 196.2 cm National Gallery, London On the third day after the Crucifixion two of Jesus’s disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. On the road they…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (Inspiration of Saint Matthew) 1602 Oil on canvas 296.5 x 195 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma