Contarelli Chapel cycle

E334866

Baroque artwork painting series

The Contarelli Chapel cycle is a renowned series of Baroque paintings by Caravaggio in Rome’s San Luigi dei Francesi, depicting key episodes from the life of Saint Matthew.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Contarelli Chapel cycle canonical	2
Contarelli Chapel decoration program	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque artwork ⓘ painting series ⓘ
artForm	oil on canvas ⓘ
associatedWith	Counter-Reformation art ⓘ
commissionedFor	Contarelli Chapel ⓘ
completedIn	early 17th century ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
creator	Caravaggio ⓘ
depicts	New Testament narrative ⓘ Apostle Matthew ⓘ surface form: Saint Matthew The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ surface form: The calling of the apostle Matthew The inspiration of the evangelist Matthew ⓘ The martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ scenes from the life of Saint Matthew ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasPart	The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ surface form: The Inspiration of Saint Matthew The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ altarpiece painting of Saint Matthew ⓘ side wall painting of The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ side wall painting of The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage of Italy ⓘ
inception	circa 1599 ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
influenced	Baroque religious painting in Rome ⓘ
languageOfWork	none ⓘ
locatedIn	Contarelli Chapel ⓘ Italy ⓘ Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ San Luigi dei Francesi ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	San Luigi dei Francesi ⓘ surface form: Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
mainSubject	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Caravaggio ⓘ
partOf	decoration of Contarelli Chapel ⓘ
patron	Matteo Contarelli ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
significantPlace	Rome ⓘ San Luigi dei Francesi ⓘ
style	tenebrism ⓘ
use	altarpiece decoration ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

The Calling of Saint Matthew → partOfSeries → Contarelli Chapel cycle ⓘ

Cardinal Matteo Contarelli → commemoratedBy → Contarelli Chapel cycle ⓘ

subject surface form: Matteo Contarelli

this entity surface form: Contarelli Chapel decoration program

Saint Matthew cycle by Caravaggio → associatedWith → Contarelli Chapel cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contarelli Chapel decoration program

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew → partOfSeries → Contarelli Chapel cycle ⓘ