The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne is a large oil on canvas always exhibited at the Borghese Gallery in Rome painted in 1605. David looks with compassionate expression on the head of Goliath, this last with an expression instead distorted and also almost swallowed up by the infernal darkness. In this painting there is a strong contrast between the darkness that literally engulfs David's shoulder and the rest of his body illuminated by a beam of light. A subject that Caravaggio also paints in other canvases.ĭavid with the Head of Goliath is an oil on canvas painted perhaps in 1609. San Giovanni Battista is an oil on canvas made in 1610.
Few colors between brown and burnished, the painting appears sober and gaunt even in the scarcity of elements represented, the only strong note of color is the red of the saint's mantle. San Girolamo seems to be part of this still life set. San Girolamo is depicted in ¾ and part of the painting is occupied by the desk and the objects that are on the table. The San Girolamo Scrivente is also an oil on canvas from 1605-1606. It almost seems to be able to touch the grapes, some of which are surprisingly rotten. The crown of leaves on his head as well as the fruit is represented in a very naturalistic way. It is an oil on canvas depicting a young man, perhaps a self-portrait, where the artist emphasizes the emaciated air of the young man, with a pale complexion and bluish lips, a marked and imperfect body. The Sick Bacchino was painted between 15. There are 6 paintings by Caravaggio exhibited in the museum of Villa Borghese: the Bacchino Malato, San Girolamo Scrivente, San Giovanni Battista, David with the head of Goliath, the Madonna with the child and Sant'Anna, the boy with a basket of fruit. Galleria Borghese in Rome is one of the richest museums of Caravaggio's masterpieces. Caravaggio's works in Rome: Borghese Gallery We can often find strongly characterized characters in Caravaggio's painting, with contracted and extremely expressive faces. Sometimes old and deformed characters in the role of revered saints and the faces of prostitutes and humble women who embody madonnas or noblewomen give his masterpieces a raw realism. The strong contrasts between light and shadow, with figures illuminated by beams of light suddenly emerging from the dark characterizes most of his works. The naturalism of the subjects represented emerges dramatically thanks to an almost theatrical use of the violent light that shapes the figures.
Over the centuries, however, Caravaggio has been consecrated as one of the great masters of Italian art and a great pictorial innovator. His body was found lifeless on a Tuscan beach probably while he was trying to escape capital punishment.Īfter his death, posterity because of his questionable conduct tried to denigrate his art. He died that he was not even 40 under unclear circumstances. This sentence forced him to live like a fugitive for the rest of his life. During a fight Caravaggio committed a murder. He used to frequent prostitutes who he also used as models for his paintings. He lived a dissolute life, often involved in fights. Three of these belong to private collections and therefore it is not possible to admire them.Ĭaravaggio was a controversial artist with an irascible character.
Michelangelo Merisi spent several years of his short life in Rome, where the wealthy aristocratic and cardinal families of the Vatican commissioned him many of his most important works. 26 out of 78 works by Caravaggio find their place in the capital.
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