Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily from the early 1590s to 1610. His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
Born: September 29, 1571, Milan, Italy
Died: July 18, 1610, Porto Ercole, Italy
Periods: Baroque, Italian Baroque, Baroque painting, Renaissance
Full name: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Known for: Painting
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