Caravaggio's most famous paintings
The top 3 according to 28 votes from people: Boy with a Basket of Fruit · The Calling of Saint Matthew · Basket of Fruit. (Updated Nov 3, 2023.)
Michelangelo Merisi's canvases that appear in every guide, from the Basket of Fruit to the Beheading in Malta.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 20
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Boy with a Basket of Fruit
c. 1593-1595. Galleria Borghese.
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The Calling of Saint Matthew
1599-1600. The beam of light that calls Matthew. San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.
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Basket of Fruit
c. 1597-1600. One of the world's most famous still lifes. Ambrosiana, Milan.
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Conversion of Saint Paul
1601. The horse takes over the scene. Santa Maria del Popolo.
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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
1608. His largest canvas and the only one he signed. Valletta.
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Medusa
c. 1597. A shield with a screaming head. Uffizi.
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The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
1599-1600. The dramatic companion to the Calling.
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Supper at Emmaus
1601. The risen Christ revealed at supper. National Gallery, London.
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Death of the Virgin
1604-1606. The Virgin shown without anything supernatural; it was rejected. Louvre.
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Bacchus
c. 1596-1598. A teenage, slightly tipsy Bacchus. Uffizi.
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Crucifixion of Saint Peter
1601. Next to the Conversion, in the Cerasi Chapel.
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David with the Head of Goliath
c. 1610. Goliath has the painter's face. Galleria Borghese.
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The Inspiration of Saint Matthew
1602. The third painting in the Contarelli Chapel.
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The Lute Player
c. 1596. Hermitage.
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Judith Beheading Holofernes
c. 1599. A beheading of brutal realism. Palazzo Barberini.
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The Entombment of Christ
1602-1604. Vatican Pinacoteca.
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Amor Vincit Omnia
1602. A triumphant Cupid. Berlin.
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Madonna of Loreto
1604-1606. Pilgrims with dirty feet before the Virgin. Sant'Agostino, Rome.
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19
The Cardsharps
c. 1594. Two card cheats. Fort Worth.
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Boy Bitten by a Lizard
c. 1594-1596. A boy's sudden pain.
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