Caravaggio

Italian, 1571–1610

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), known as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active mainly in Rome. He trained in Milan before moving to Rome in his twenties, where he became known for his dramatic use of light and shadow, a technique called tenebrism, and for depicting intense emotional and physical realism. Caravaggio’s life was marked by violence, including a fatal brawl that forced him to flee Rome, after which he worked in Naples, Malta, and Sicily. His style had a major impact on Baroque painting, influencing many artists, and his work was later reassessed in the 20th century as foundational to modern painting.

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88 artworks

A severed head with wide eyes and open mouth is surrounded by writhing snakes on a circular green background with blood streaming from the neck.

Medusa

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A woman in a red robe cradles an infant while three men kneel around them in a dark stable with a donkey’s head visible.

Adoration of the Shepherds

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The Taking of Christ

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A bearded man in a torn rose robe presses his finger into a wound on a standing figure draped in pale cloth, surrounded by two shadowed men.

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

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An elderly bearded man is nailed to a wooden cross while two executioners pull ropes to raise it against a dark background.

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

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A young man draped in red cloth sits barefoot on dark earth, holding a wooden staff, partially illuminated against a shadowy leafy background.

Saint John The Baptist In The Wilderness

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A bearded man in an orange robe writes at a wooden desk as a winged angel leans down toward him against a dark background.

Saint Matthew and the angel

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A barefoot man in an orange robe writes at a desk while a winged angel hovers above, both illuminated against a dark background.

The Inspiration of Saint Matthew

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A man in Roman dress lies on the ground beneath a large horse, with an older man holding the horse’s bridle in a dark background.

Conversion on the Way to Damascus

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A beardless man in red and white blesses bread at a table while two men react with astonishment against a dark background.

Supper at Emmaus

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A young nude child stands on a coiled snake, supported by a woman in red and green, with an older woman in earth tones beside them against a dark background.

Madonna and Child with Saint Anne

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A beam of light illuminates five men around a table reacting to two standing figures entering from the right in a darkened room.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

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Three half-length figures in a dark interior: a soldier in ornate armor accusing an elderly man, with a woman in a white headscarf pointing at him.

The Denial of Saint Peter

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A half-naked executioner grips a bearded man in black and white robes collapsing backward, surrounded by fearful onlookers and a descending winged angel.

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

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A lifeless Mary in a red robe lies on a bed surrounded by mourners expressing grief under dramatic lighting and red drapery.

Death of the Virgin

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A man with dark wavy hair and a pointed beard sits against a plain brown background, wearing a dark garment with a high white collar.

Portrait of a gentleman (Scipione Borghese)

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The executioner bends over John the Baptist’s prone body, holding his head and dagger, while two women and other figures witness the beheading in a prison.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

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A man in ecclesiastical dress sits at a dark table with a closed book and a vase of flowers, wearing a black cap and a robe with red trim.

Portrait of Pope Urban VIII

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An old bearded man in a brown robe holds a knife to a young man's neck while an angel reaches toward them and a ram stands nearby.

Sacrifice of Isaac

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A lifeless Christ is lowered onto a stone slab by two men, with three grieving women behind them, all illuminated against a dark background.

The Entombment of Christ

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

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A pale man is raised by two muscular men amid a crowd, with a skull at his feet and dramatic light highlighting their tense expressions.

The Raising of Lazarus

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A nude Cupid with dark eagle-like wings grins while descending from a white-draped table, surrounded by scattered musical instruments and symbols.

Amor Vincit Omnia

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A young woman in white and ochre grips a bearded man's hair and cuts his neck with a sword as blood spurts, set against a dark background with red drapery.

Judith beheading Holofernes

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The painting shows St. John's body draped in red on the ground, a young woman holding a golden platter, an older woman in black, two figures behind bars, and a stone archway.

The beheading of St. John the Baptist

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A young man wearing a grape leaf crown and white cloth holds pale grapes to his chest, with peaches and dark grapes on a ledge before him.

Young Sick Bacchus

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A young man in an ornate doublet kneels by a dark pool, intently gazing at his own reflection in the water surrounded by darkness.

Narcissus

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Saint John the Baptist

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A young man in an ochre doublet and black hat gently holds the hand of a young woman in a white blouse and red-green drapery, both gazing intently at each other.

The Fortune Teller

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A seated man in papal robes with a red mozzetta and camauro, white rochet, and a ringed left hand, against a dark background.

Portrait of Pope Paul V

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A muscular executioner holds the severed head of a bearded man on a golden platter while Salome and an older woman look on against a dark background.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

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Jesus Christ stands bound to a column with a crown of thorns as three men surround him, one gripping his hair, another kicking his knee, and a third tying rods.

The Flagellation of Christ

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A young nude boy with curly hair embraces a large ram, their faces nearly touching, set against a dark background with green leaves.

Young Saint John the Baptist with ram

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A young man with a wreath of vine leaves holds pale grapes, draped in white cloth against a dark brown background.

Self-Portrait as Bacchus

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A young woman in a blue and white gown with a halo sits holding a sword across her lap beside a broken spiked wheel and palm frond against a dark background.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

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A young man in a white tunic holds a sword in one hand and a severed bearded head by the hair in the other, set against a dark background.

David with the Head of Goliath

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Jesus Christ sits with bowed head and exposed torso as two men press a crown of thorns onto his head, while a man in black armor watches in shadow.

The Crowning with Thorns

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The painting shows the Madonna in deep blue and white veil holding the Christ Child, with kneeling figures reaching toward a rosary beneath massive stone columns and red drapery.

Madonna of the Rosary

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Ecce Homo

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Sleeping Cupid

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David and Goliath

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The Musicians

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Bacchus

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The Annunciation

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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

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Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli

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Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII)

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A young woman gazes directly at the viewer, holding a sprig of jasmine.

Portrait of a Courtesan

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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Boy Peeling Fruit

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Penitent Magdalene

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The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew

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Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy

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Martha and Mary Magdalene

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Saint Jerome kneeling in penitence, with a rock and skull, draped in a red cloak.

Saint Jerome penitent

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The Vision of Saint Jerome

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A still life painting featuring various fruits.

Still Life with Fruit

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Madonna di Loreto

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The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

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A young man playing a lute in a dimly lit room.

The Lute Player

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Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

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The Cardsharps

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A dramatic depiction of a tooth extraction by an itinerant dentist, capturing the raw emotions of pain and commerce.

The Toothpuller

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The Holy Family with Child Saint John

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Saint Francis of Assisi meditates with a skull, illuminated by a single shaft of light.

Saint Francis in Meditation

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Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

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The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula

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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page

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Annunciation

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Basket of Fruit

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Narcissuss

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Sleeping Cupid

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Saint Jerome Writing

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The Seven Works of Mercy

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The Burial of Saint Lucy

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Saint Jerome

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Portrait of a gentleman (Scipione Borghese?)

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Saint John the Baptist Reclining

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Boy with a Basket of Fruit

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Boy Peeling Pears

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A solitary prophet leans over an open book, embodying a moment of divine revelation.

Prophet with book

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Alof de Wignacourt

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Christ at the Column

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Christ on the Mount of Olives

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Conversion of Saint Paul

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A young boy looks surprised as a lizard bites his finger in this Baroque painting.

Boy Bitten by a Lizard

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Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence

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Crucifixion of St. Peter

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