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5 days ago · Caravaggio (born September 29, 1571, Milan or Caravaggio [Italy]—died July 18/19, 1610, Porto Ercole, Tuscany) 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 religious works.
5 days ago · Caravaggio Biography. Caravaggio Biography. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 1571 in Milan, Italy. His father, Fermo Merisi, was a mason, architect, and majordomo of the Marchese of Caravaggio. His mother, Lucia Aratori, came from an upper middle-class family of the same district.
3 days ago · CNN —. A lost Caravaggio painting that was almost mistakenly sold at auction for a bargain price has gone on display at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, after being rescued and restored.
5 days ago · Caravaggio, who died in 1610 at the age of 38, was renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow to bring deep psychological realism to the violent scenes that he generally depicted. Art...
4 days ago · A lost masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was recently rediscovered and is now on display in what experts are calling “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of art ...
2 days ago · Artist Caravaggio Year c. 1605 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 128 cm × 103 cm (50 in × 41 in) Location Palazzo Bianco (Genoa) Introduction “Ecce Homo” is a powerful and evocative painting by the renowned Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Created between 1605 and 1609, the work is a profound depiction of the moment when Pontius Pilate presents … Continue reading ...
4 days ago · A painting made by the iconic Italian master Caravaggio that was mistakenly attributed to another artist is going on public display in Spain starting Tuesday. Called Ecce Homo, the oil-on-canvas painting came up for auction in 2021, but the Spanish government halted the sale over concerns that it might have been a lost work of the artist.
