Caravaggio portrait

It must had been decided at a certain point that geniuses need to be complicated people. And when it comes to the Italian artist Caravaggio, that goes

Self portrait Gustave Corbet

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known simply as Caravaggio, was an Italian artist at the turn of the 17th century whose influence rivals that of Michelangelo when it comes to Western art. While Michelangelo was known for a devotion to the idealized form of body and Christian spirit, Caravaggio was known for his ability to realistically

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) ~~~ I’ve just finished editing my old mate Derek Haines’ dystopian WIP, at the moment entitled God’s Gone Fishing, yesterday (Friday …

The fascinating life, and art, of Caravaggio, including his best paintings from his early years and where Caravaggio's paintings are in Italy!

Carlo Dolci (Florence, May 25, 1616 - Florence, January 17, 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His painstaking technique made him unsuited for large-scale fresco painting. He painted chiefly sacred subjects, and his works are generally small in scale, although he made a few life-size pictures. He often repeated the same composition in several versions, and his daughter, Agnese Dolci, also made excellent copies of his works. [Oil on canvas, 71 x 54 cm]…