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) Flagellazione (Flagellation of Christ) 1607–1609 Oil on canvas, 266 x 213 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
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…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Raising of Lazarus) 1608–1609 Oil on canvas, 380 x 275 cm Museo Regionale, Messina
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.…
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…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Il cavadenti (The Tooth Puller) c.1609 Oil on canvas, 194,5 x 139,5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze
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…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Incoronazione di spine (The Crowning with Thorns) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 127 x 165.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo morso da un ramarro (Boy bitten by a Lizard) c.1594–1595 Oil on canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, London An effeminate youth with curling locks, full lips and a rose tucked behind one ear, recoils in surprise at…