Tag: Italia

San Matteo e l’angelo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (St Matthew and the Angel) 1602 destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 232 x 183 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum)

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Cattura di Cristo (c.1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (Taking of Christ) c.1602 Oil on canvas, 133 x 171 cm Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa Stolen in July 2008, it was recovered -badly damaged- in 2010 by German police in Berlin. The…

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Conversione di San Paolo (1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600 Oil on cypress wood, 237 x 189 cm Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600–1601 Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma    

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Urbanus VIII (Papa)

(1568–1644) Maffeo Barberini Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) Maffeo Barberini in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini c.1631–1632 Palazzo Barberini, Roma     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini c.1598 Private collection, Firenze     Works commissioned by him:…

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Martirio di Sant’Orsola (1610)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di Sant’Orsola (Martyrdom of Saint Ursula) 1610 Oil on canvas, 143 x 180 cm Galleria di Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli According to legend, Saint Ursula traveled with eleven thousand virgins to Cologne, where the chief of the Huns besieging…

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