CARAVAGGIO

Tortured artist, career criminal, murderer: the troubled life of Caravaggio has the power to enthrall an art historian almost as much as his dramatic chiaroscuro paintings. Lasting merely 14 years?from his arrival in Rome in 1596 to his mysterious death in Porto Ercole in 1610?his career as an artist reached dizzying heights with lucrative commissions before spiraling downward as he was pursued for debts, disorderly conduct and eventually homicide. New details of Caravaggios life are coming to light at the same time as more of his pai...[Read more]