The donor of the chapel was a French cardinal, Matthieu Cointerel, who died in 1585. This was the first commission for Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who was hired in July 1599.

Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, was an early Italian Baroque painter who combined naturalistic theatrical motifs with provocative unreadability.

This is Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting recently attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), which has been brought to India through a joint partnership between the ...

For the uninitiated, Caravaggio - full name Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - was an Italian artist born in 1571. He led a chequered life in which poverty and violence recurred.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), a pioneer of Baroque art, is celebrated for his revolutionary use of light and shadow and his raw, emotive depictions of religious and mythological ...

Seventeenth-century Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s painting, ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’, can be seen at KNMA Saket till May 18.

The donor of the chapel was a French cardinal, Matthieu Cointerel, who died in 1585. This was the first commission for Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who was hired in July 1599.