Last week, we delved into the sordid history of one of the most celebrated painters in art history, Caravaggio. We left off with his flight from Rome, as he sought a papal pardon to avoid standing ...

Two of the 17th century’s most drama-loving artists are paired together for the first time in a new exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The painter Caravaggio and the sculptor ...

Our visual culture, focused on art of the immediate present, identifies three old masters as grand culture heroes: Piero della Francesca; Vermeer; and of course Caravaggio. (And now, Artemisia ...

An unlikely art-historical find could make waves at auction this summer when a painting that experts claim is the long-lost second version of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (circa 1607) hits ...

Michelangelo Caravaggio was one of the great painters in the history of Western art. He also remains one of the most mysterious and elusive of artistic geniuses. A new biography wrestles with the man, ...

To even begin to appreciate the profound genius of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, it is imperative to stand in the darkly lit back corner of the San Luigi dei Francesi church near Rome's Piazza ...

MADRID (AP) — A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work by the Italian Baroque master, Spain’s Prado Museum announced ...

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The Prado Museum confirmed the authenticity of a painting, "Ecce Homo," as a work by Caravaggio. The painting was considered lost since its reappearance at an auction three years ago. It will be ...

While “cinematic” is wantonly thrown around when discussing other media, no word is so often misapplied in talking about movies as “painterly.” Usually it's a vague descriptor indicating wowing ...