The Calling of Saint Matthew

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Baroque painting painting

The Calling of Saint Matthew is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio that dramatically depicts the moment Jesus calls the tax collector Matthew to follow him, celebrated for its striking use of light and shadow.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
The Calling of Saint Matthew canonical	6
Calling of Saint Matthew	1
La Vocazione di San Matteo	1
The Inspiration of Saint Matthew	1
The calling of the apostle Matthew	1
calling of Saint Matthew	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key work of early Baroque naturalism ⓘ landmark in the development of chiaroscuro ⓘ
artist	Caravaggio ⓘ
artisticStyle	chiaroscuro ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
commissionedBy	Cardinal Matteo Contarelli ⓘ
commissionedFor	Contarelli Chapel ⓘ
completionDate	1600 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Caravaggio ⓘ
creatorNationality	Italian ⓘ
depicts	The Calling of Saint Matthew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Calling of Saint Matthew Gospel narrative ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ Apostle Matthew ⓘ surface form: Saint Matthew tax collectors ⓘ
depictsEventFrom	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Matthew 9:9 New Testament ⓘ
followedBy	The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ surface form: The Inspiration of Saint Matthew The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasPart	figure of Christ ⓘ figure of Saint Peter ⓘ group of tax collectors at a table ⓘ
inception	1599 ⓘ
lightingTechnique	single directional light source from the right ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	San Luigi dei Francesi ⓘ surface form: San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
location	Contarelli Chapel ⓘ Rome ⓘ San Luigi dei Francesi ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
notableFeature	dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ tenebrism ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	The Calling of Saint Matthew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: La Vocazione di San Matteo
partOfSeries	Contarelli Chapel cycle ⓘ Saint Matthew cycle by Caravaggio ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
setting	tavern-like interior ⓘ
significantIn	Catholic art ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
theme	conversion ⓘ divine calling ⓘ grace ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Caravaggio → notableWork → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

The Calling of Saint Matthew → depicts → The Calling of Saint Matthew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calling of Saint Matthew

The Calling of Saint Matthew → originalLanguageTitle → The Calling of Saint Matthew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Vocazione di San Matteo

Italian Baroque → hasNotableWork → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

Contarelli Chapel → hasWork → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

Contarelli Chapel → hasDepiction → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

this entity surface form: calling of Saint Matthew

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

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

this entity surface form: The calling of the apostle Matthew

Saint Matthew cycle by Caravaggio → hasPart → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew → hasWorkInSameChapel → The Calling of Saint Matthew ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Inspiration of Saint Matthew