# Caravaggio's most famous paintings

Michelangelo Merisi's canvases that appear in every guide, from the Basket of Fruit to the Beheading in Malta.

- 28 votes · 20 items
- Nov 3, 2023 · Simona Bianco
- https://even.best/en/l/2397/caravaggio-s-most-famous-paintings

## Top 20

1. **Boy with a Basket of Fruit** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — c. 1593-1595. Galleria Borghese.
2. **The Calling of Saint Matthew** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1599-1600. The beam of light that calls Matthew. San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.
3. **Basket of Fruit** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — c. 1597-1600. One of the world's most famous still lifes. Ambrosiana, Milan.
4. **Conversion of Saint Paul** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1601. The horse takes over the scene. Santa Maria del Popolo.
5. **The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1608. His largest canvas and the only one he signed. Valletta.
6. **Medusa** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — c. 1597. A shield with a screaming head. Uffizi.
7. **The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1599-1600. The dramatic companion to the Calling.
8. **Supper at Emmaus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1601. The risen Christ revealed at supper. National Gallery, London.
9. **Death of the Virgin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1604-1606. The Virgin shown without anything supernatural; it was rejected. Louvre.
10. **Bacchus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — c. 1596-1598. A teenage, slightly tipsy Bacchus. Uffizi.
11. **Crucifixion of Saint Peter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1601. Next to the Conversion, in the Cerasi Chapel.
12. **David with the Head of Goliath** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — c. 1610. Goliath has the painter's face. Galleria Borghese.
13. **The Inspiration of Saint Matthew** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1602. The third painting in the Contarelli Chapel.
14. **The Lute Player** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — c. 1596. Hermitage.
15. **Judith Beheading Holofernes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1599. A beheading of brutal realism. Palazzo Barberini.
16. **The Entombment of Christ** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1602-1604. Vatican Pinacoteca.
17. **Amor Vincit Omnia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1602. A triumphant Cupid. Berlin.
18. **Madonna of Loreto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1604-1606. Pilgrims with dirty feet before the Virgin. Sant'Agostino, Rome.
19. **The Cardsharps** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1594. Two card cheats. Fort Worth.
20. **Boy Bitten by a Lizard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1594-1596. A boy's sudden pain.

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