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Caravaggio

62 works

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Painting of a sleeping nude Cupid with wings, bow and arrows, against a dark background.

Sleeping Cupid

1600

Painting of a young lute player in a white shirt beside sheet music, a violin, flowers and fruit on a table.

The Lute Player

1595

Half-length portrait of a young woman in a white blouse and dark bodice holding white flowers, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Courtesan

1590

Painting of the Sacrifice of Isaac: an old man with a knife, a bound youth, a sheep and a boy in dark light.

Sacrifice of Isaac

1603

Caravaggio painting of the Holy Family with a nude infant and a kneeling child, dark background, red robe.

The Holy Family with Child Saint John

1603

Caravaggio painting of a young David holding the severed head of Goliath by its hair against a dark background.

David and Goliath

1600

Painting of a young man with a staff, red cloth and animal skin, seated in a dark wooded setting.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

1604

Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence: a dark scene of the infant Christ, Mary, an angel and two kneeli

Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence

1600

Young woman with red hair playing a lute beside sheet music, violin, recorder and keyboard on a red carpet.

The Lute Player

1596

Painting of a bound, nude Christ at a column with a crown of thorns, lit from above while executioners prepare to scourge him

The Flagellation of Christ

1607

Woven basket of grapes, apples, figs and peaches with vine leaves against a warm ochre background.

Basket of Fruit

1597

Painting of a startled curly-haired boy with a white flower in his hair, beside a glass vase of flowers and fruit.

Boy Bitten by a Lizard

1596

Caravaggio's The Denial of Saint Peter: a soldier and veiled woman confront an elderly bearded man in candlelit shadow.

The Denial of Saint Peter

1610

Painting of a young man crowned with vine leaves holding a glass of wine, with a bowl of fruit in front of him.

Bacchus

1595

Caravaggio painting of a fallen rider with outstretched arms beside a white horse held by an older man in shadow.

Conversion on the Way to Damascus

1600

Kneeling bearded saint in brown habit with halo, holding a skull, beside a wooden cross on a dark background.

Saint Francis in Meditation

1606

Painting of Medusa with a screaming face, writhing snakes for hair, and blood dripping from the neck against green.

Medusa

1597

Young man crowned with ivy holds grapes over his shoulder, with dark grapes and peaches on a stone ledge.

Self-Portrait as Bacchus

1595

Painting of Salome holding a platter with the severed head of John the Baptist, with an old woman and executioner behind her.

Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist

1607

Painting of a young woman holding a platter with a severed head, an older woman, and a muscular man with a sword in darkness.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

1610

Painting of a bound, crowned Christ presented by two men, one in a white turban and one bearded in a dark hat.

Ecce Homo

1605

Painting of Saint Matthew writing at a desk while a winged angel descends from a dark sky above him.

The Inspiration of Saint Matthew

1602

Dark nativity scene with Mary holding the Christ Child, kneeling shepherds, and a donkey in a straw-filled stable.

Adoration of the Shepherds

1609

Painting of Christ opening his cloak as Saint Thomas guides his finger to the wound, with three onlookers leaning in.

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

1601

Painting of a bearded saint in a brown habit reclining in the arms of a winged angel against a dark night landscape.

Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy

1594

Painting of a sleeping nude Cupid lying beside his bow, arrows and wings against a dark background.

Sleeping Cupid

1608

Painting of a young boy with curly dark hair holding a basket of grapes, figs, peaches and vine leaves.

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

1593

Caravaggio painting of a seated young man in red drape with a staff and a ram beside him, on a dark background.

John the Baptist

1610

Painting of a smiling woman in a white turban holding a young man's hand, who wears a feathered hat and gold doublet.

The Fortune Teller

1594

Portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and red sash, with an open book and a vase of flowers beside him.

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII)

1593