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Fillide Melandroni (c.1597)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Fillide Melandroni (Portrait of a Courtesan) c.1597, destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 66.8 x 53 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum) See also: • Fillide Melandroni

Marta e Maria Maddalena (c.1598)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena (Martha and Mary Magdalene) c.1598 Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 x 134.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit “There is a Michelangelo da Caravaggio who is doing extraordinary things in Rome.” This quote by a…

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…

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.…

Cattura di Cristo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…

Cena in Emmaus (1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1606 Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Caravaggio painted the Supper at Emmaus between 1605 and 1606, probably painted on the Colonna estate in Paliano where he sought refuge…

I bari (c.1595)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) I bari (The Cardsharps) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 94.2 x 130.9 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Caravaggio was one of the pivotal figures in the history of Western art. In his short lifetime, he created a theatrical style…