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 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

Madonna del Rosario, 1607 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Madonna del Rosario 1607

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.64
SKU: 10957-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:364.5 x 249.5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

David Victorious over Goliath,  c.1600 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

David Victorious over Goliath c.1600

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.50
SKU: 10956-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:110 x 91 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Sleeping Cupid, c.1595/96 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Sleeping Cupid c.1595/96

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.85
SKU: 10955-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:65.4 x 105.4 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

Saint Francis in Meditation, c.1605 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Saint Francis in Meditation c.1605

Giclée Canvas Print
$94.15
SKU: 10954-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:128.2 x 94.4 cm
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

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

Martyrdom of St. Ursula c.1609/10

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.20
SKU: 10953-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:154 x 178 cm
Private Collection

Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt, 1608 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt 1608

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.22
SKU: 10952-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:118.5 x 95.5 cm
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

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

David with the Head of Goliath 1606

Giclée Canvas Print
$58.79
SKU: 10951-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:125 x 101 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

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

Madonna and Child with a Serpent, 1605 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Madonna and Child with a Serpent 1605

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.08
SKU: 10949-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:292 x 211 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

Crowning with Thorns, c.1606 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Crowning with Thorns c.1606

Giclée Canvas Print
$57.97
SKU: 10948-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:127 x 165.5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

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

The Conversion of St. Paul c.1600/01

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.43
SKU: 10947-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:237 x 189 cm
Private Collection

The Lute Player, n.d. by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Lute Player n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.47
SKU: 10946-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Sleeping Cupid, 1608 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Sleeping Cupid 1608

Giclée Canvas Print
$85.10
SKU: 10945-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:72 x 105 cm
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, n.d. by Caravaggio | Canvas Print
SKU: 10944-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:95 x 90 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Tours, France

Boy Bitten by a Lizard, c.1595/00 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Boy Bitten by a Lizard c.1595/00

Giclée Canvas Print
$85.94
SKU: 10943-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:65.8 x 52.3 cm
Private Collection

Head of Medusa, c.1596/98 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Head of Medusa c.1596/98

Giclée Canvas Print
$75.55
SKU: 10942-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:55 x 55 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

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

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$58.79
SKU: 10941-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

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

The Flagellation of Christ c.1605/07

Giclée Canvas Print
$49.85
SKU: 10940-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:134 x 175.5 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1609 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Adoration of the Shepherds 1609

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.41
SKU: 10555-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:314 x 211 cm
Museo Nazionale, Messina, Italy

The Tooth Extraction, c.1610 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Tooth Extraction c.1610

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.27
SKU: 10499-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:139.5 x 194.5 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

The Martyrdom of St. Matthew, c.1599/00 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Martyrdom of St. Matthew c.1599/00

Giclée Canvas Print
$79.67
SKU: 10498-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:328 x 348 cm
San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy

Supper at Emmaus, 1606 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

Supper at Emmaus 1606

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.43
SKU: 6891-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:141 x 175 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599 by Caravaggio | Canvas Print

The Calling of Saint Matthew 1599

Giclée Canvas Print
$79.81
SKU: 4033-CMM
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Original Size:328 x 348 cm
San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy

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