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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life. He began his apprenticeship in Milan in 1584,
Chalk portrait of Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni, c. 1621
Basket of Fruit, c. 1595–1596, oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
The Cardsharps, c. 1594, Oil on canvas, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
The Musicians, 1595–1596, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John the Baptist was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
