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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - The Calling Of Saint MatthewThe Calling Of Saint MatthewCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

A masterpiece by Caravaggio, depicting the Calling of Matthew. It was completed in 1599-1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. The painting depicts the story from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 9:9): Jesus saw a man named Matthew at h...

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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - The Calling of Saint MatthewThe Calling of Saint MatthewCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

A Masterpiece of Baroque Art

The Calling of Saint Matthew is a masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, an Italian maestro who left an indelible mark on Baroque painting. This captivating oil painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ calls upon the tax collector Matth...

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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - NarcissusNarcissusCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

A Masterpiece of Baroque Art

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)'s Narcissus is a captivating painting that tells the story of a charming young man who falls in love with his own r...

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Rome, Italy)
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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - The Inspiration Of Saint MatthewThe Inspiration Of Saint MatthewCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio. Commissioned by the French Cardinal Matteo Contarelli, the canvas hangs in Contarelli chapel altar in the church of the French congregation San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, Italy. It is one of three Caravaggio can...

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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - Martyrdom of Saint MatthewMartyrdom of Saint MatthewCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

Caravaggio completed both Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and The Calling of Saint Matthew, his first two publicly commissioned works, for the Contarelli Chapel in Rome in 1600. This painting marks the exact time when the orthodox Mannerism gave way to Baroque emotionality, and immediately catapulted Car...

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Francisco Zurbaran - St Francis of Assisi Receiving the StigmataSt Francis of Assisi Receiving the StigmataFrancisco Zurbaran

Zurbaran was born in a village in the Spanish province of Badajoz and became one of the most important artists of the Seville school. During the 17th century Seville was one of the most active artistic centres in Spain and was also the birthplace of Velázquez and Murillo. Zurbaran's naturalism broug...

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Bartolomeo Manfredi - Saints Peter and PaulSaints Peter and PaulBartolomeo Manfredi

The tradition of treating Saints Peter and Paul in a double portrait originates in late Byzantine icons. Here, an early follower of Caravaggio updated this iconography in a Baroque mode, engaging a strong light source from the left and carefully depicting the idiosyncrasies of his models’ faces rath...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)

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