File: The Calling of Saint Matthew-Caravaggo (1599-1600).jpg

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Caravaggio: The Calling of Saint Matthew

Artist



Alternative names	Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	29 September 1571	18 July 1610 / 1610
Location of birth/death	Milan	Porto Ercole
Work period	1593 - 1610
Work location	Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily
Authority file	: Q42207 VIAF: 87679282 ISNI: 0000000121028836 ULAN: 500115312 LCCN: n50000558 NLA: 35025773 WorldCat

Title

Italiano: Vocazione di san Matteo

English: The Calling of Saint Matthew

Polski: Powołanie świętego Mateusza

Español: La vocación de San Mateo

Part of

paintings by Caravaggio in the Contarelli Chapel

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

Calling of Matthew

Depicted people

Matthew the Apostle

Date

circa 1599-1600

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 340 cm (11.1 ft); width: 322 cm (10.5 ft)

Collection

Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi

Current location

Roma

References

Authority file

: Q969377
BNF: 14505761x

Source/Photographer

Self-scanned

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