Caravaggio

The Calling of Saint Matthew

US$ 669.00

Christ points from the shadow on the right; a shaft of light crosses the wall above a table of tax collectors, and Matthew looks up mid-count. The men are dressed in the fashion of Caravaggio’s own Rome, not biblical Judea, and the whole drama turns on one gesture and one beam of light. Standing in front of it in San Luigi dei Francesi remains one of the great experiences in Western art.

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Caravaggio (1571-1610) worked without preparatory drawings, straight onto the canvas from models he found in the streets and taverns of Rome, and lit them as though a shutter had just been opened in a dark room. That method — tenebrism — changed European painting within a decade. His life was as abrupt as his method: repeated arrests, a killing after a brawl, years on the run, and death at thirty-eight while trying to reach a papal pardon.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 44 × 42 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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