What is Caravaggio's full name?

Michelangelo Merisi

Caravaggio date of birth:

September 29, 1571

How old was Caravaggio when died?

38

Where was Caravaggio born?

Milan, Lombardy

When did Caravaggio die?

July 18, 1610

Where did Caravaggio die?

Porto Ercole, Tuscany

Why did Caravaggio die?

Confused. It can be fever, lead poisoning...

Caravaggio body shape:

Athletic

What color is Caravaggio's hair?

Black

What is Caravaggio's ethnicity?

White

What is Caravaggio nationality?

Italian

What is Caravaggio's occupation?

Painter

Who is Caravaggio's father?

Fermo Merisi (household administrator and architect-decorator to the Marchese of Caravaggio)

Who is Caravaggio's mother?

Lucia Aratori

Caravaggio friends:

Onorio Longhi (architect), Mario Minniti (artist), Carlo Saraceni (follower)

Who has Caravaggio worked with?

Simone Peterzano (Italian painter) (pupil), Giuseppe Cesari (Italian painter), Francesco Maria Del Monte (cardinal) (his patron), Fillide Melandroni (courtesan and model), Vincenzo Giustiniani (client), Scipione Borghese (cardinal (his patron)

Short Biography

Michelangelo Merisi (Michael Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 in Milan – 18 July? 1610) was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1592 (1595?) and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque painting.