Caravaggio

Caravaggio 2025 Installation View
Caravaggio: The Shakespeare of Painting

Let us start with black and red, galactic black and blue-based crimson– void and blood, dead and living. Add to that, intense emotion: horror and ecstasy, revulsion and reverence, debauchery…

Found at an West-Virginia fleamarket
Valuable Paintings Found in Unusual Places
Here are eight paintings found in unusual places that turned out to be worth more than anticipated.
Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Oil on canvas; framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.).
10 Must-See Pieces From the Extensive CMA Collections

Founded in 1913 “for the benefit of all the people forever,” the …

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio), Ecce Homo, around 1605-09. Detail.
Prado to Display Newly Discovered Caravaggio Painting

A small painting depicting Jesus in a crown of thorns before crucifixion will go on view at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid (The Prado Museum) by the end of the month. Valued at…

The artist as Christ sitting in the lower left corner, with characteristic red hair and facial features, looking off into the distance.
Famous Artists Who Were Jerks
From anti-semites to abusers, this list is full of truly disheartening facts about artists who made some of the most beautiful work. There has long been an association between caustic temperaments…
Chalk portrait of Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni, circa 1621
The Dark Red Drama of Caravaggio

Caravaggio’s paintings are filled with …

Medusa Second Century relief sculpture
Medusa's Many Faces: The Mythical Figure in Art History
Medusa, like many other classic Greek myths, has become a cultural icon. She was one of the three Gorgons, meaning creatures who resembled human females save for their heads, from which snakes…
Peter Paul Rubens, detail of Portrait of the Artist, 1623. Oil on panel. The Royal Collection.
The Art and Life of Peter Paul Rubens
Categorized as an Old Master within the canon of art history, Sir Peter Paul Rubens' work is characterized by a high concentration of color, movement, and form. Surpassing visual dynamism, many of…
Andrea del Verrocchio, Detail of David with the head of Goliath, c. 1466 - 69. Bronze. Bargello National Museum.
7 Depictions of David in Renaissance & Baroque Art
From Michelangelo's marble masterpiece to equally amazing but lesser-known works, here are some of the most fascinating representations of David in Renaissance and Baroque…
Muscular, shirtless Saint Jerome sits wrapped in red fabric, writing as though in transfixed state, atop a table that also bears a skull.
Why You Should Watch "Secrets of the Dead: The Caravaggio Heist"
The PBS documentary series Secrets of the Dead is set to release an episode entitled The Caravaggio Heist on November 24. While proves to be an unusual installment for a series that typically…
Chalk portrait of Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni, circa 1621
Villa Containing Caravaggio’s Only Mural to be Auctioned
The auction of a Roman Villa—known as Villa Aurora or Casino Dell’Aurora—has recently been announced and set a stir within the art world. Why? Because it contains the only known ceiling mural…
Caravaggio painting
Caravaggio: His life and Style in Three Paintings
Curator of Later Italian, Spanish, and French 17th-century Paintings, Letizia Treves, guides you through the tumultuous life of Caravaggio. She looks at how his innovative style developed from a…
Caravaggio, Love Conquers All (Amor Vincit Omnia), 1601–1602. painting of cupid as a child with wings and an arrow
Finding Love in Art History
Here are 10 artists whose work transcends a momentary Valentine’s Day infatuation to become celebrated odes to love.
Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew
The Art History Babes: Caravaggio’s “The Calling of St. Matthew”
Corrie & Nat discuss the timeless drama of "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by one of the baddest boys of the Baroque, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Caravaggio, Judith and Holofernes, 1607
Rediscovered Caravaggio Masterpiece Goes on Display
This time his discovery was an auctioneer’s fantasy–Judith and Holofernes (1607), a lost masterpiece by Caravaggio found in 2014.