Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Variant namesprimary name: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

DatesBiographical dates: 1573 - 1610 Dead: dead 1610 Born: born 1573

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BiographyBiography: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) milan 1571–1610 PORTO ERCOLE Michelangelo Merisi, who called himself Caravaggio after the family’s native city, worked in Rome, Naples, Sicily and Malta and became known for his groundbreaking, vivid chiaroscuro and bold naturalistic style, which emphasized common humanity in devotional paintings. There has recently been intensified research carried out on his followers, the so called “Caravaggisti”. Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi).

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