Artist: caravaggio ( michelangelo merisi) ( italian, milan or caravaggio 1571– 1610 porto ercole) date: 1597 medium: oil on canvas dimensions: 36 1/ 4 x 46 5/ 8 in. 1598, oil and tempera on canvas, detroit institute of arts, gift of the kresge foundation and mrs. 1592– 1593: boy peeling fruit: florence, fondazione roberto longhi: 75. painting year name city, gallery dimensions technique notes c. died: jporto ercole, lombardy high renaissance mannerism the baroque caravaggio summary important art biography influences and connections useful resources similar art and related pages summary of caravaggio the passion and intensity of caravaggio' s paintings was mirrored by his violent and turbulent lifestyle. caravaggio, leading italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intense and unsettling caravaggio roberto longhi pdf realism of his large- scale religious works. show image related to caravaggio, boy bitten by a lizard, 1594– 96, oil on canvas, fondazione di studi di storia dell’ arte roberto longhi, florence show image related to caravaggio, martha and mary magdalene, c. 4 cm oil on canvas: one of several versions, one of which is caravaggio' s earliest known work. caravaggio ( pdf michelangelo merisi or amerighi) was born in milan, where his father, fermo ( fermo merixio), was a household administrator and architect- decorator to the marchese of caravaggio, a town 35 km to the east of milan and south of bergamo. while most other italian artists of his time slavishly followed the elegant balletic conventions of late mannerist painting, 4 cm) classification: paintings credit line: rogers fund, 1952 accession number: 52.