Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…
Established: 1883 Location: Via della Lungara 10, Roma Website: https://barberinicorsini.org/ Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Giovanni Battista (1604-06) See also: • Museums | Roma (Italia)
Established: 1895 Location: Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, Roma Website: https://barberinicorsini.org/ Collection: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (c.1631-32) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Narciso (1597-99) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Francesco in meditazione (1606-07) • Raffaello (1483-1520): La Fornarina…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600 Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma
(65 BC–8 BC) Quintus Horatius Flaccus Works: • Ars Poetica (Latin) • Carmen Saeculare (Latin) • Carmina (Latin) • Epistula Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica (Latin) ◊ The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos (English) • Epistulae (Latin) • Epodi (Latin) •…
Cappella dell’Assunta o dei Santi Pietro e Paolo Address: Santa Maria del Popolo, Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma Completed and consecrated: 1606 Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Conversione di San Paolo (1600-01) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Crocifissione di San Pietro (1600-01) • Carracci,…
Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo Basilica Sancta Mariæ de Populo First chapel built in 1099 Founded: 1227 Consecrated: 1477 Completed: 1660 Address: Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma Website: https://www.agostiniani.it/comunita-agostiniane-provincia/parrocchia-santa-maria-popolo/ Chapels: • Cappella Cerasi Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Conversione di…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di San Matteo (Martyrdom of Saint Matthew) 1599–1600 Oil on canvas 323 x 342 cm Cappella Contarelli, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Opened: 1589 Address: Piazza di S. Luigi de’ Francesi, 00186 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://saintlouis-rome.net/ Chapels: • Cappella Contarelli Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Martirio di San Matteo (1599-1600) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Matteo e l’angelo (1602) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Vocazione di San Matteo (1599-1600) See also: • Churches | Churches (Roma)…