Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Milan, 28 September 1571 – Porto Ercole, 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610.
He is commonly placed in the Baroque school, of which he is considered the first great representative.
Even in his own lifetime Caravaggio was considered enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious and dangerous. He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600, and thereafter never lacked for commissions or patrons, yet he handled his success atrociously.
An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his lifestyle some three years previously, tells how "after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him.".
In 1606 he killed a young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. In Malta in 1608 he was involved in another brawl, and yet another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. By the next year, after a relatively brief career, he was dead. - wikipedia
Amor Victorious 1602 03 Movement: Baroque Era Collection: Gemaeldegalerie, Berlin Dimensions: 75 1/4 x 58 1/4 in (191 x 148 cm) Date: c. 1601-02 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Amor Vincit OmniaDetail Movement: Baroque Era Collection: Gemaeldegalerie, Berlin Dimensions: 75 1/4 x 58 1/4 in (191 x 148 cm) Date: c. 1601-02 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Bacchus Movement: Baroque Era Collection: Uffizi, Florence Dimensions: 37 3/8 x 33 1/2 in. Date: c. 1597 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Basket of Fruit Movement: Baroque Era Date: 1599 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Boy Bitten by a Lizard Movement: Baroque Era Date: 1596 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Judith Beheading Holofernes Movement: Baroque Era Collection: Galleria Nazionale dell'Arte Antica, Rome Dimensions: 56 3/4 x 76 3/4 in. Date: c. 1598 Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio