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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) - 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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Giovanni Battista Caracciolo - The Calling of Saint MatthewThe Calling of Saint MatthewGiovanni Battista Caracciolo

The Neapolitan painter Caracciolo was deeply influenced by Caravaggio, who worked in Naples in 1606–7 and 1610. Among Caravaggio’s innovations were half-length narrative subjects such as this, in addition to his celebrated, bold contrasts of light and shadow. Caracciolo’s work depicts the moment whe...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
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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) - 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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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - Judith Beheading HolofernesJudith Beheading HolofernesCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

The Artist: Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known simply as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter born in Milan in 1571. He is considered one of the most influential artists of the Baroque period and is renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow, known as tenebrism. His ...

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Rome, Italy)
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Jan Sanders Van Hemessen - The Calling of Saint MatthewThe Calling of Saint MatthewJan Sanders Van Hemessen

According to the New Testament, Matthew was a tax collector who received a summons from Christ to abandon his way of life and become an apostle. Van Hemessen imagined the scene as a swirling vortex of limbs making conflicting gestures in a miniature drama. Technical examination has revealed that thi...


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