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

The Martyrdom of St Matthew (detail)

1599-1600
Oil on canvas, width of detail: 49 cm
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

The picture's main figure is the executioner.




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