Caravaggio

Italian · 1571–1610

BaroqueCounter-Reformation

He began his apprenticeship in Milan in 1584, and during the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily.

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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 21works in the Momentable archive
museum holds them: 1museum holds them
life: 1571–1610life
movement: Baroquemovement

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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Caravaggio · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Who Caravaggio was

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life. He began his apprenticeship in Milan in 1584, and during the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.

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