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Michelangelo da Caravaggio

Also known as: Michelangelo da Caravaggio; primary name: Caravaggio, Michelangelo da; other name: Caravaggio; other name: Merisi, Michelangelo
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1571-1610
Biography: Painter who worked in mainly in Rome but later in Naples, Malta and Sicily. Best known for his dramatic effects of light and dark in his paintings and his tumultous personal life.

101 related objects

banknote

Museum number: 2005,0729.25 |
Authority: BIOG103331 Issuer:Banca D'Italia |
Production date: 1994 |
Production place: Issued in:Italy

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1996,0407.1 |
Authority: BIOG103331 Issuer:Banca D'Italia |
Production date: 1994 |
Production place: Issued in:Italy

banknote; specimen

Museum number: 1996,0407.2 |
Authority: BIOG103331 Issuer:Banca D'Italia |
Production date: 1994 |
Production place: Issued in:Italy

banknote

Museum number: 2005,0729.26 |
Authority: BIOG103331 Issuer:Banca D'Italia |
Production date: 1983 |
Production place: Issued in:Italy

drawing

Museum number: T,3.52 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing; album

Museum number: 2009,7108.1.383 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph WestAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1825-1834

drawing

Museum number: T,3.58 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,3.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,3.54 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: T,3.56 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.176.1-25 |
Producer name: Published by:Louis MercierIntermediary draughtsman:Emile Jean Claude Courbe |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 2003,0354.1 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Edoardo LucciAfter:Giovanni da Bologna |
Production date: 2001 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.782 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andreas GeigerPublished by:Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoirs |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: The Gamesters |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3697 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: The return of the prodigal son |
Museum number: 1871,1209.6454 |
Producer name: Print made by:James StewartAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1800-1850

print

Title: The Gamesters |
Museum number: 1862,0614.1556 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1772

print

Museum number: 1845,1223.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartolomé VázquezAfter:Francisco de Zurbarán |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print

Title: The Gamesters |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1083 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Peter, James and John |
Museum number: 1873,0809.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1855,0609.718 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1705

print

Title: Le Christ au tombeau Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.570 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edme BovinetPrint made by:Jean Louis Charles Pauquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Le sacrifice d'Isaac Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.358 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles LevasseurAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: Portrait de Michel Ange Amerighi de Caravagge Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.357 |
Producer name: BIOG23790 Published by:Jacques Couché |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: Das Rosenkranzfest Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1551 |
Producer name: Print made by:Blasius HöfelAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.780 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1705

print

Museum number: V,9.83 |
Producer name: BIOG21931 Attributed to:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1603

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1855,0609.716 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1705

print

Title: A collection of thirty-nine facsimiles of rare etchings |
Museum number: 1880,0807.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Young OttleyAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1828

print

Museum number: 1925,0406.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jeremias FalckAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1655-1660

print; counterproof

Museum number: 1878,0713.157 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Museum number: V,9.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Museum number: V,9.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1633-1686

print

Title: Couronnement d'épines Galerie Impériale de l'Ermitage |
Museum number: 1859,1008.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte RobillardAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1845-1847

print

Museum number: V,9.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1622-1628

print

Museum number: V,9.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1383 |
Producer name: After:Gerard van HonthorstPrint made by:Ferdinand Piloty I |
Production date: 1817-1823

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1917,1208.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1750-1757

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.781 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1704

print

Title: Die Heilung des Tobias Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jozsef KovatschAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Le Christ porté au tombeau Le Musée Français |
Museum number: 1867,0413.539 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AudouinAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1861,0608.223 |
Producer name: After:Bartolommeo ManfrediAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1685-1740

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1981,U.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Conrad Martin MetzAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1785-1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.368 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartolomé VázquezAfter:Francisco de Zurbarán |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print

Title: La diseuse de bonne aventure Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1006 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard René LevillainAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Portrait d'Adolphe de Vignacourt Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1861,1109.625 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine François GeléeAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1815

print

Museum number: V,9.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter SoutmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1620-1657

print

Title: A concert The Most Capital Paintings in England |
Museum number: 1872,0113.772 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas A E ChambarsAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Title: Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1105.16.1-139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Conrad Martin MetzAfter:Giovanni Cimabue |
Production date: 1789-1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lusores Schola Italica Picturae |
Museum number: 1856,0510.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VolpatoAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: I più celebri quadri delle diverse scuole italiane riuniti nell' appartamento Borgia del Vaticano |
Museum number: 1864,1114.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe Antonio CraffonaraAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1861,0608.220 |
Producer name: After:Bartolommeo ManfrediAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1685-1740

print

Title: Mort de la Sainte Vierge Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1855,0609.172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon ValléeAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1729

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1750-1757

print; book-illustration

Title: Frère Alof de Wignacourt, cinquante-troisième grand maître |
Museum number: 1869,0612.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent CarsAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1726

print

Title: La mort de la vierge Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1853,1008.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henri LaurentPrint made by:Lambert Antoine Claessens |
Production date: 1803-1818

print

Title: Portrait d'Adolphe de Vignacourt Grand Maitre de M Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1855,0609.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1729

print

Title: Caravaggio I |
Museum number: 2012,7031.1 |
Producer name: BIOG145427 Print made by:Kéri Imre |
Production date: 2012

print

Title: Incredulity of Saint Thomas |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2652 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1054 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wallerant VaillantAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1665-1675 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.711-839 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo LasinioPrinted by:Labrelis |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: L'Amour - sujet allégorique Galerie Impériale de l'Ermitage |
Museum number: 1859,1008.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte RobillardAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1845-1847

print

Title: Die Spieler Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.381 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz HanfstänglAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: SS. Quattro Coronati MM. |
Museum number: 1871,0429.467 |
Producer name: After:Michelangelo da CaravaggioPrint made by:Pietro Bombelli |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1545 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Piloty IAfter:Bartolommeo Manfredi |
Production date: 1817-1823

print

Museum number: V,9.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Title: Imperiale e reale Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1857,0411.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand DelannoyIntermediary draughtsman:Luigi Pompignoli |
Production date: 1841-1846

print

Title: Die Lautenschlägering |
Museum number: 1872,0511.405 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann BernardAfter:Orazio Gentileschi |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1855,0609.730 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1690-1709

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartolomé VázquezAfter:Francisco de Zurbarán |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print

Title: Michel-Ange de Caravage |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4084 |
Producer name: Print made by:François PigeotIntermediary draughtsman:Jean Baptiste Wicar |
Production date: 1790s

print

Museum number: 1861,0810.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1633-1686

print

Title: Römische Soldaten beim Spiel in der Wachtstubb Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.452 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz HanfstänglAfter:Bartolommeo Manfredi |
Production date: 1835-1840

print

Title: Lusores Schola Italica Picturae |
Museum number: 1886,1124.307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VolpatoAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Portrait d'Adolphe de Vignacourt Grand Maitre de M Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2022 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1729

print

Museum number: V,9.73 |
Producer name: After:Michelangelo da CaravaggioPublished by:J Robillart |
Production date: 1640-1660

print

Title: David Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1463 |
Producer name: Print made by:János BlaschkeAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1871,1111.771 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor VercruysAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1707-1739

print

Museum number: V,9.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre FatourePrint made by:Gabriel Lejeune |
Production date: 1609-1629

print

Title: Un concert Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.717 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean DambrunPrint made by:Jean Nicolas Lerouge |
Production date: 1800-1809

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: V,9.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1750-1757

print

Title: Portrait du Caravage |
Museum number: 1855,0609.174 |
Producer name: BIOG48382 Print made by:Henri Simon Thomassin |
Production date: 1710-1741

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1855,0609.960 |
Producer name: Print made by:Conrad Martin MetzAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1785-1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1928,1205.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1750-1757

print

Title: Portrait d'Adolphe de Vignacourt Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1222 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine François GeléeAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: La mort de la Vierge Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.944 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joachim Jan OortmanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Le fluteur Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.359 |
Producer name: Print made by:E J Glairon-MondetAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1786-1808

print; book-illustration

Title: Frère Alof de Wignacourt, cinquante-troisième grand maître |
Museum number: 1874,0613.1913 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent CarsAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1726

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: V,9.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Valentin de Boulogne |
Production date: 1750-1757

print

Museum number: Hh,11.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon WattsAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1765 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Palazzo Granducale in Firenze |
Museum number: 1861,0608.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor VercruysAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1707-1739

print; book-illustration

Title: Artists. |
Museum number: 1954,0316.99 |
Producer name: Print made by:John William CookPublished by:Baldwin & Cradock |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.4182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Pierre Henriquel-DupontAfter:Paul Delaroche |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Bohëmienne disant la bonne avanture Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux |
Museum number: 1855,0609.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benoît Audran IIAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1729

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintr Galerie d'Aguilles |
Museum number: 1855,0609.717 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CoelemansAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1704

print

Museum number: V,9.81 |
Producer name: BIOG21931 After:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1650-1750

print

Museum number: V,9.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Duguernier IIAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1708-1714

print

Title: Ecce Homo Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de |
Museum number: 1850,0810.436 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BasanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1754

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1855,0609.959 |
Producer name: Print made by:Conrad Martin MetzAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1785-1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: V,9.70 |
Producer name: BIOG21931 After:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1610-1630

print

Title: Le Christ porté au tombeau Le Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.527 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AudouinAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1809