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Short biography from the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. |
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The Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, his real name Michelangelo Merisi, born 1571, nearly Milan, Italy. The first lessons started in 1584, Caravaggio started training from Simone Peterzano till 1584. He Moved to Rome in 1592. Caravaggio met there the art dealer and famous painter Giuseppe Cesare d'Arpino, that brought Caravaggio recognition. After 1600 he had troubles with the law for his violent temper and other crimes. Nearly almost of Caravaggio religious paintings emphasize suffering, death and sadness. The Italian Baroque painter went to Naples (1606), Malta (1608), Palermo and again to Naples where he arrested. When he released, the Baroque painter Caravaggio died from sickness in 1610. |
The Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. |
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