The Caravaggio UniverseSharp light, popular models and physical truth make Caravaggio the revolutionary who opened baroque painting.
1571 -1610Artist's life
Milan, Caravaggio, Rome, Naples, Malta, Syracuse, Messina and PalermoMain homes
Baroque, naturalism, chiaroscuro, religion, mythology, portrait, still life and oilPractical
30 80Paintings created, known, lost or attributed, with variations and documented works, overall estimate
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1571 -1610 · Milan, Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily
Sharp light, popular models and physical truth make Caravaggio the revolutionary who opened baroque painting.
Michelangelo Merisi was born in Milan in 1571 and grew up in Caravaggio, from which he takes his name. Trained in Lombardy with Simone Peterzano, he arrived in Rome in the early 1590s. His first paintings of musicians, players, fortune tellers and young people combine direct observation, still life and psychological ambiguity. Success comes with the paintings in the Contarelli Chapel dedicated to Saint Matthew. Caravaggio transforms the sacred story there: the apostles wear the clothes of his time, the bodies occupy the spectator's space and directed light reveals the decisive moment. He often works without visible preparatory drawing, sometimes incising the preparation of the canvas to place his figures. His Roman life, marked by trials and violence, changed in 1606 when he killed Ranuccio Tomassoni. Fugitive, he worked in Naples, Malta and Sicily. Late works became darker, more stripped down and more tragic. Died in 1610 while he sought to return to Rome, Caravaggio left a restricted corpus but an immense influence: his naturalism and chiaroscuro spread throughout Europe. The selection "Caravaggio" notably compares The Vocation of Saint Matthew and Judith beheading Holofernes. His reading favors the atmosphere.
In Caravaggio, light does not illustrate drama: it arises at the precise moment when a life changes.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Lombardy and first Roman successes
Naturalist training, young models, music, games and still life establish a new voice. This milestone sheds light on the "Caravaggio" collection by favoring atmosphere.
Roman chapels and light revolution
Saint Matthew, large altarpieces and chiaroscuro impose an unprecedented physical truth.
Flight, Naples, Malta and Sicily
Exile and violence darken increasingly vast, rapid and tragic compositions.
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Decisive light
A lateral beam reveals the gesture, the face and the breaking point of the story. This line guides a reading of "Caravaggio" centered on the atmosphere.
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Real body
Dirty feet, wrinkles, fatigue and weight give the saints an immediate human presence.
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Dark background
Black space eliminates the anecdote and focuses all attention on the action.
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Moment suspended
The scene is captured just before or just after the irreversible act.
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Six readings specific to Caravaggio
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Caravaggio.
Call light01
The Vocation of Saint Matthew
The ray and gesture of Christ pass through a daily scene at the exact moment of revelation.
Landmark work by Caravaggio. Reading "Caravaggio" through the atmosphere.Irreversible action02
Judith beheading Holofernes
Effort, retreat and fear make the heroic act brutally present.
Landmark work by CaravaggioWeight of sacrifice03
The Entombment
The body of Christ descends towards the viewer in a pyramid of pain and matter.
Landmark work by CaravaggioPetrified cry04
Medusa
The shield becomes a shock surface where fear arises in a spectacular shortcut.
Landmark work by CaravaggioStyle05
Decisive light
A lateral beam reveals the gesture, the face and the breaking point of the story. This line guides a reading of "Caravaggio" centered on the atmosphere.
Reading key for CaravaggioStyle06
Real body
Dirty feet, wrinkles, fatigue and weight give the saints an immediate human presence.
Reading key for Caravaggio
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