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John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Caravaggio

Portrait of Caravaggio

Caravaggio was an Italian Artist who Died Young born on September 29, 1571. Caravaggio contributed to the Baroque movement and died on July 18, 1610. Get notified when Caravaggio's biography is complete:

Boy Peeling Fruit

1592

Fortune Teller

1594

The Musicians

1595

Bacchus

1596

Narcissus

1594-1596

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

1595-1596

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

1597

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

1597

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

1599

Calling of Saint Matthew

1600

Conversion on the way to Damascus

1600-1601

Cupid as Victor

1601

Judith Beheading Holofernes

1598-1602

Supper at Emmaus (1602)

1602

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1601-1602

Without doubt you can call him John Testicle, who sets himself to criticizing someone else who could be his master for a hundred years.

Poems in mockery of painter Giovanni Baglione

1603

The Entombment of Christ

1602-1603

John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1604

Supper at Emmaus (1606)

1606

David with the Head of Goliath (1607)

1607

Raising of Lazarus

1609

David with the Head of Goliath (1610)

1610

John the Baptist

1610
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720-1778
Portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Making marble move

1598-1680
Portrait of Frans Snyders

Frans Snyders

Harnessing the power of the diagonal line

1579-1657
15011700
Recipe for a prosperous life: make the emperor look good
Farrukh Beg
Matriarch of the family business
Lavinia Fontana Caravaggio
Great painter, perfect entrepreneur
Peter Paul Rubens
A woman in Italy invents the still life
Fede Galizia

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