Merisi, Michelangelo
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Image source
Wikimedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bild-Ottavio_Leoni,_Caravaggio.jpg
Basic data
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Caravaggio Alternative Names
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September 29, 1571 in Mailand
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†July 18, 1610 in Porto Ercole
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Maler
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Mailand, Rom, Neapel, Malta, Sizilien
Iconography
.jpg "Basket of Fruit, c. 1595–1596, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (c. 1595), Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford (Source: Wikimedia)")
_edited.jpg "Narcissus at the Source, 1597–1599, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Without recourse to flying angels, parting clouds or other artifice, Caravaggio portrays the instant conversion of St. Matthew, the moment on which his destiny will turn, by means of a beam of light and the pointing finger of Jesus. (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Death of the Virgin, 1601–1606, Louvre, Paris (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606, Galleria Borghese, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Beheading of Saint John (1608) by Caravaggio (Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta) (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "David with the Head of Goliath, 1609–1610, Galleria Borghese, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Boy with a Basket of Fruit, 1593–1594, oil on canvas, 67 cm × 53 cm (26 in × 21 in), Galleria Borghese, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Taking of Christ, 1602, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. The chiaroscuro shows through on the faces and armour even in the absence of a visible shaft of light. The figure on the extreme right is a self-portrait. (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Denial of Saint Peter (1610), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Biographical information from the WeGA
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- Research of the WeGA was without success so far
- It is a well known person where enough information is available online elsewhere, see e.g Wikipedia
