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…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 116 x 153 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma According to Giovanni Pietro Bellori, the painting was made by the artist for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a sophisticated and avid collector, known among his contemporaries…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David with the Head of Goliath) 1606–1607 or 1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 125 x 101 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This painting was executed in Naples, where Caravaggio was in exile, following his flight from…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Morte della Madonna (Death of the Virgin) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 369 x 245 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Adorazione dei Pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) 1609 Oil on canvas, 314 x 211 cm Museo Regionale, Messina
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Decollazione del Battista (Beheading of Saint John the Baptist) 1608 Oil on canvas, 361 x 520 cm St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sacrificio di Isacco (Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1603 Oil on canvas, 104 x 135 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The painting illustrates the Old Testament passage in which God subjected Abraham to an extraordinary test of obedience by ordering him to…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Incredulità di San Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) c.1601 Oil on canvas, 107 x 146 cm Bildergalerie Sanssouci, Potsdam
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 Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92.5 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma In a gloomy and arid scenery, Saint Francis wraps a skull with his hands. He is meditating about death, considered to…