The calling of st matthew

You would need more than one lifetime to see all of the art and culture that Rome has to offer, but start with these masterpieces for a good overview.

Let’s go through the short life of Michelangelo Merisi (known as Caravaggio) looking at his masterpieces, that have established the basis of modern painting

Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi (1571-1610) took his name from his birthplace of Caravaggio in Lombardy (Read, 1994) though elsewhere he is noted as probably born in Milan (Wittkower, 1882). Apprenticed at age 13 he was trained in Milan by the undistinguished Mannerist Simone Peterzano. Although Caravaggio received the training of a Mannerist painter he became, in…

Juan de Pareja - The Calling of Saint Mathew

Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle

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View The Calling of St Matthew (1620) By Terbrugghen Hendrick; Oil on canvas; 152 x 195 cm; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

The Calling of St. Matthew is one of Caravaggio’s most unusual paintings. It made a sensation among contemporaries of the master. Even now, it seems extraordinary. Christ is not at the center. On the contrary – in the very corner of the picture. In the shadow. And almost completely hidden by another figure! But we … The Calling of St. Matthew by Caravaggio. The most Unusual Painting of the Master Read More »