Portrait of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Giclée Fine Art Prints 2 of 4

1571-1610

Italian Baroque Painter

With his innovative style, Caravaggio (1571-1610) had a defining influence on the most prominent European artists of the 17th century and on the overall development of painting.

After training in Milan, he went to Rome at about the age of twenty. Then lacking in means, he led a carefree life and painted for a living, soon attracting the attention of several prelates. In 1598 he received a substantial commission, to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi. Caravaggio re-created three episodes from the Life of St Matthew, whose dramatic and gritty realism gave each scene new emotional power. The artist thus demonstrates the power of his genius and sharply confronts the mannerisms of the age.

After 1600, he produced only works with religious subjects. His style is monumental, characterized by vivid contrasts between light and shadow (Assumption of the Virgin). The models of his Madonnas and saints are those who usually keep him company in the cafés and pubs or he meets in the streets, the slums whose daily life he shares. He leads a scandalous life and often clashes with the justice authorities. In 1606 he was accused of murder and fled to Naples, Malta, then to Sicily. His painting becomes more austere and restrained - a sign of resignation; the subjects are more serene, radiating serenity (Nativity, Adoration of the Shepherds). He goes to Naples again when he learns that the Pope is ready to pardon him. Just then he finds his death on the beach of Porto Ecole. He died when he was only thirty-nine years old.

Caravaggio's work made a revolution, opposing academic classicism and the illusionistic tendency of the Baroque. Through their immediate, brutal reading of reality, his paintings inexorably rivet the eye and suggest the emotions that fill them.

78 Caravaggio Artworks

The Conversion of Saint Paul, c.1600/01 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Conversion of Saint Paul c.1600/01

Giclée Canvas Print
$97.05
SKU: 2783-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:230 x 175 cm
Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy

Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini, 1603 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10967-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:124 x 90 cm
Private Collection

David with the Head of Goliath, 1606 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

David with the Head of Goliath 1606

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.58
SKU: 10951-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:125 x 101 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew, c.1606/07 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10965-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:202.5 x 152.7 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, c.1608/10 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10980-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:116 x 140 cm
Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain

Supper at Emmaus, 1606 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Supper at Emmaus 1606

Giclée Canvas Print
$61.25
SKU: 6891-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:141 x 175 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

Saint Jerome Writing, c.1607 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Saint Jerome Writing c.1607

Giclée Canvas Print
$52.34
SKU: 10977-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:117 x 157 cm
Co-Cathedral of St. John, Valleta, Malta

The Decapitation of St. John the Baptist, 1608 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10959-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:361 x 520 cm
Co-Cathedral of St. John, Valleta, Malta

The Fortune Teller (La Buona Ventura), c.1594 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10958-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:116 x 151.2 cm
Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome, Italy

The Supper at Emmaus, 1601 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Supper at Emmaus 1601

Giclée Canvas Print
$90.57
SKU: 2778-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:141 x 196.2 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Resurrection of Lazarus, c.1608/09 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Resurrection of Lazarus c.1608/09

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.10
SKU: 10979-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:380 x 275 cm
Museo Nazionale, Messina, Italy

The Death of the Virgin, 1605 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Death of the Virgin 1605

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.68
SKU: 10971-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:369 x 245 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c.1610 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10950-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:159 x 124 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

A Boy Peeling Fruit, c.1592/93 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

A Boy Peeling Fruit c.1592/93

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.52
SKU: 10964-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:61 x 48.3 cm
The Royal Collection, London, United Kingdom

Saint John the Baptist, c.1603/04 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Saint John the Baptist c.1603/04

Giclée Canvas Print
$97.05
SKU: 2794-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:173.4 x 132.1 cm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

Christ Crowning with Thorns, c.1602/05 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Christ Crowning with Thorns c.1602/05

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.52
SKU: 10972-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:178 x 125 cm
Galleria del Palazzo degli Alberti, Prato, Italy

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1609 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Adoration of the Shepherds 1609

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.09
SKU: 10555-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:314 x 211 cm
Museo Nazionale, Messina, Italy

Boy with a Basket of Fruit, c.1593/94 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Boy with a Basket of Fruit c.1593/94

Giclée Canvas Print
$73.92
SKU: 2770-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:70 x 67 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

The Flagellation of Christ, c.1605/07 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Flagellation of Christ c.1605/07

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.52
SKU: 10940-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:134 x 175.5 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

Sleeping Cupid, 1608 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Sleeping Cupid 1608

Giclée Canvas Print
$86.25
SKU: 10945-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:72 x 105 cm
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, n.d. by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.58
SKU: 10941-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Portrait of Cardinal Cesare Baronio, c.1602/03 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10968-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:60 x 48 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Martyrdom of St. Ursula, c.1609/10 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Martyrdom of St. Ursula c.1609/10

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.00
SKU: 10953-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:154 x 178 cm
Private Collection

Saint Francis in Prayer, c.1608 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Saint Francis in Prayer c.1608

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.29
SKU: 10978-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:130 x 90 cm
Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona, Italy

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