CARAVAGGIO
(b. 1571, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole)

The Calling of Saint Matthew (detail)

1599-1600
Oil on canvas
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

A youth on the right, strongly lit, is leaning back, putting his arm on St Matthew's shoulder.




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