Caravaggio

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Baroque painter Italian Baroque artist human painter

Caravaggio was a revolutionary Italian Baroque painter renowned for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro and realistic, emotionally intense depictions of biblical and everyday scenes.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caravaggio's early works in Rome	1
Michelangelo Merigi da Caravaggio	1
Michelangelo Merisi	1
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque painter ⓘ Italian Baroque artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Caravaggio ⓘ surface form: Michelangelo Merigi da Caravaggio Caravaggio ⓘ surface form: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
artisticStyle	chiaroscuro ⓘ tenebrism ⓘ
birthName	Caravaggio self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michelangelo Merisi
causeOfDeath	fever ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1571-09-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1610-07-18 ⓘ
era	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian ⓘ
genre	genre painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ still life ⓘ
givenName	Michelangelo ⓘ
influenced	Artemisia Gentileschi ⓘ Caravaggisti ⓘ Diego Velázquez ⓘ Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ surface form: Rembrandt
knownFor	dramatic lighting ⓘ emotionally intense religious scenes ⓘ realistic depiction of human figures ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation art
notableWork	Dionysus ⓘ surface form: Bacchus Boy with a Basket of Fruit ⓘ David with the Head of Goliath ⓘ Death of the Virgin ⓘ Judith Beheading Holofernes ⓘ Medusa ⓘ Supper at Emmaus ⓘ The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ The Conversion of Saint Paul ⓘ The Crucifixion of Saint Peter ⓘ The Seven Works of Mercy ⓘ The Taking of Christ ⓘ
patron	Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Milan ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Porto Ercole ⓘ
regionOfBirth	Lombardy ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
workedIn	Malta ⓘ Naples ⓘ Rome ⓘ Sicily ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caravaggio → alsoKnownAs → Caravaggio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Caravaggio → alsoKnownAs → Caravaggio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michelangelo Merigi da Caravaggio

Boy with a Basket of Fruit → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

David with the Head of Goliath → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Death of the Virgin → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Medusa → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

subject surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)

Supper at Emmaus → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Calling of Saint Matthew → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Conversion of Saint Paul → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Seven Works of Mercy → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Taking of Christ → artist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Kip → associatedWithCharacter → Caravaggio ⓘ

Judith Beheading Holofernes → author → Caravaggio ⓘ

Caravaggio → birthName → Caravaggio self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michelangelo Merisi

National Gallery → collectionIncludesArtist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Vatican Museums → containsWorkBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Boy with a Basket of Fruit → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

David with the Head of Goliath → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

Death of the Virgin → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

Judith Beheading Holofernes → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

Medusa → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

subject surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)

Medusa → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

subject surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, first version, private collection)

Supper at Emmaus → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Calling of Saint Matthew → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Conversion of Saint Paul → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Seven Works of Mercy → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

The Taking of Christ → creator → Caravaggio ⓘ

Flight into Egypt → depictedInWorkBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Caravaggisti → follows → Caravaggio ⓘ

Caravaggisti → hasMainInfluence → Caravaggio ⓘ

Baroque → hasNotableArtist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Old Masters → hasNotableExample → Caravaggio ⓘ

Kimbell Art Museum → hasWorkBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Prado Museum → hasWorkBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Western canon of art → includesArtist → Caravaggio ⓘ

Artemisia Gentileschi → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Diego Velázquez → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Dirck van Baburen → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Jacques-Louis David → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Johannes Vermeer → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Peter Paul Rubens → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Pieter Lastman → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Rembrandt van Rijn → influencedBy → Caravaggio ⓘ

Boy with a Basket of Fruit → partOf → Caravaggio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caravaggio's early works in Rome

Borghese → patronOf → Caravaggio ⓘ

Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte → patronOf → Caravaggio ⓘ

subject surface form: Francesco Maria del Monte