Here's what London's National Gallery has to say about Caravaggio's...attitude: According to one of his biographers: ''after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with his ...

Tellingly, Caravaggio signed his work only once, as if the letters of his name were formed from splashes of gore falling from another John the Baptist, painted in 1608, who is being decapitated.

Until July 6 visitors will have a unique chance to admire 24 of the most iconic artworks of Caravaggio at Palazzo Barberini.

“If we calculate them all, I’d say that two-thirds of his work is now in Rome, so if one wants to study Caravaggio, they must come during this period,” she said. The Borghese Gallery lent ...

Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy' by Caravaggio, once thought lost, arrives in India. The iconic painting will first be shown at the ...

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Caravaggio, born as Michelangelo Merisi ... through to probably his final work, as he desperately sought to end his exile,” said Francesca Cappelletti, one of three curators for the exhibition.

The suggested starting bid was set at 1,500 euros, or about $1,800, but the Spanish government pulled the painting after several Italian dealers and art historians tentatively identified the work as a ...