Oil Paintings by Caravaggio, Italy 1571 to 1610
The life of Michelangelo Merisi, known to us as Caravaggio, was short and intense, characterized by bouts of brawling, time in jail, banishment, and homicide. His paintings are typified by a dramatic manipulation of light ,reliance on human models, many with multiple appearances in his paintings; by a blatant homoerotic content, direct painting without preliminary drawings, a non-sentimental approach to religious art, and an eerie "photorealism" that extends to portraiture, various objects including musical instruments, scores, and plant material. Caravaggio has left few personal records by his own hand but the interpretations of his paintings by generations of art historians, combined with recently unearthed archival information, provides a rich history of the man and his time. They include analysis of the paintings including style and technique, psychological insights into the artist and subjects in the case of portraits, historical analysis of the period based on patrons, and an analysis of religious meaning through the choice of subject matter and symbolism.
ID: CM-0620-KAThe Musicians by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0622-KAThe Cardsharps by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0624-KAThe Fortune Teller by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0626-KALute Player by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0628-KAThe Sacrifice of Isaac by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0630-KAThe Rest on the Flight into Egypt by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0631-KAThe Calling of St Matthew by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0632-KASupper at Emmaus by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0634-KAAdoration of the Shepherds by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0636-KAMadonna del Rosario by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0638-KAMadonna di Loreto by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0640-KAMadonna with the Serpent by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0642-KAThe Conversion of Mary Magdalen by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0644-KAMagdalene by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0646-KAThe Entombment by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0648-KASt. John the Baptist by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0650-KASt. Francis in Ecstasy by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0652-KADoubting Thomas by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0654-KAChrist at the Column by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0656-KABacchus by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0658-KAEcce Homo by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0660-KANarcissus by    Caravaggio Painting
ID: CM-0664-KAThe Conversion of Saint Paul by    Caravaggio Painting