Caravaggio was both a great painter and a criminal. During his lifetime, from 1571 to 1610, he went on trial in Milan and Rome at least 11 times. He was ...

ROME (AP) — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use ...

This beautifully produced graphic biographical novel depicts the violent world of a great artist, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), whose fiery temperament erupted both on canvas and on ...

Certain artists arrive to us fully formed. The Baroque artist Caravaggio — iconic for his dramatic chiaroscuro and stormy disposition — is certainly one of them. I’ve always wondered about that ...

A portrait by the artist had a public debut in Rome on Friday, after decades hidden away in a private collection. Now Italy wants to buy it. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome When Thomas ...

Caravaggio, "Death of the Virgin" (c. 1601–06), oil on canvas, 12 1/10 x 8 feet, held at the Louvre Museum (image via Wikimedia Commons) When the water-logged, bloated corpse of the drowned Maddalena ...

The Italian master was an unlikely reference point for D.P. Robert Elswit on his Netflix series. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor The use of Italian painter Caravaggio’s work in Netflix’s limited ...

Meg Langhorne shows off both her reimagining of a Caravaggio painting and the original work. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Meg Langhorne Sitting on the studio floor with its back tilted against the wall, ...