Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio[a] (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 [2] – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian …

Nov 21, 2025 · Caravaggio (1571–1610) was a leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale …

Although Caravaggio had a tumultuous life and career, marked by legal trouble and violent death, he played a key role in defining 17th century Italian art, and his paintings continue to be …

Summary of Caravaggio The passion and intensity of Caravaggio's paintings was mirrored by his violent and turbulent lifestyle. Despite countless run-ins with the law, and being implicated in …

Arrogant, rebellious and a murderer, Caravaggio's short and tempestuous life matched the drama of his works. Characterised by their dramatic, almost theatrical lighting, Caravaggio's paintings …

Aug 5, 2025 · Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque painter known for his dramatic use of light and shadow, as well as his realistic and emotionally intense depictions of religious and …

Caravaggio helped craft the dramatic Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation, but interest in him also stems from his reputation as a troublemaker.

Oct 1, 2003 · Trained in Milan and active in Rome (1592–1606), Naples (1606–7; 1609–10), Malta (1607–8), and Sicily (1608–9), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) was one of …

Caravaggio was a master Italian painter, father of the Baroque style, who led a tumultuous life that was cut short his by his fighting and brawling.

Sep 12, 2023 · After murdering a man in a street fight, Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape a death sentence and went on to paint for elite patrons in Naples, Sicily, and Malta.