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Caravaggio
Born Michelangelo Merisi, the painter took the name of his birthplace, Caravaggio, a town in Lombardy, Italy. As one of the most puzzled and tumultuous lives of art, Caravaggio produced work both deeply human and intensely religious.
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His graphic depictions of religious figures caused great offense during his time, as much as he became the most famous artist in Rome of his time. He has also captured the imagination of the art world in recent revivals of his work.
Orphaned at a young age due to the ravenous plague, the painter found his first studies under Simone Peterzano ( – ) in , influenced by the work of Titian ( – ).
Caravaggio’s earliest works became known after he joined the workshop of Giuseppe Cesari ( – ) in Rome. His main task was as a painter of fruits and flowers, producing pieces such as, Boy Peeling Fruit and Boy with a Basket of Fruit from One of his early works, Young Sick Bacchus is said to be a self portrait done in illness before ending his time in Ce