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Caravaggio

?–1610

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PaintingBaroque

Representation

None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ42207

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Italian Masters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyWikidata· 70%
Birth yearWikidata· 70%
Death yearWikidata· 70%
NationalityWikidata· 70%
Primary mediumWikidata· 70%
Profile imageWikidata· 70%

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

Two Roman Warriors with She-Wolf, Romulus, and Remus

1780 · Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, prepared with a brown wash and squared in white chalk, laid down on cream card

32.5 × 26.8 cm (12 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Resurrection

1619 · Oil on canvas

339.1 × 199.5 cm (133 1/2 × 78 1/2 in.); Framed: 389.9 × 246.4 × 10.2 cm (153 1/2 × 97 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

1606 · oil on canvas

Framed: 233.5 x 184 x 12 cm (91 15/16 x 72 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 202.5 x 152.7 cm (79 3/4 x 60 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Flight of Celia

1580 · Black chalk and brush and brown wash on tan laid paper

22.2 × 34.2 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adoration of the Shepherds

1580 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

28.6 × 41.2 cm (11 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone

1567 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

20.4 × 48.7 cm (8 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle of the Amazons

1519 · Black chalk, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

21.9 × 51.2 cm (8 5/8 × 20 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frieze with Eight Putti

1519 · Pen and brown ink and brush and red chalk wash on cream laid paper

10.6 × 32.9 cm (4 3/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Staande heilige (Angelo Carmelitano?) met crucifix

1502 · brush on ink, paper

height: 168 cm, width: 78 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (3)

9 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Staande heilige (Angelo Carmelitano?) met crucifix
1502 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
1606 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

11 assets

Staande heilige (Angelo Carmelitano?) met crucifix (1502 - 1543)

Rijksmuseum

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (1606–7)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Roman Soldiers Arresting Saint Peter (?) (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Turning Left; Male Nude Blowing Trumpet (n.d.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone (1567)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections4

Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Italian Masters

New York · 1940