Caravaggio. While most other Italian artists of his time slavishly. He moved to Rome where his work became popular for the tenebrism.
1601 oil on canvas 230 x 175 cm Cerasi Chapel Santa Maria del Popolo Rome. With Nigel Terry Sean Bean Garry Cooper Dexter Fletcher. Annunciation 1608 - by Caravaggio.
Caravaggio was born in Milan where his father Fermo Merisi was a household administrator and architect-decorator to the Marchese of Caravaggio.
The artist was born during the politically and spiritually tumultuous time of the Counter-Reformation when the Catholic church was trying to regroup after the Protestant Reformation and this historical context had an indelible impact on his personal. Amor Victorious 1602 - by Caravaggio. Adoration of the Shepherds 1609 - by Caravaggio. He died not long after on July 18 1610.