Ended my tour of the Uffizi with this icon, Bacchus by Caravaggio.

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September 29, 1571: Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is born.

Caravaggio's life was certainly a dramatic one. But in my opinion, he was one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

🎨 Caravaggio, "The Annunciation", 1609, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

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AiC Art for the Day - Born Sep. 29:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (Italian, 1571-1610) https://t.co/JrWMQqwVRk
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Beep beep beep beep! Seems it’s everybody’s birthday today! Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Boucher! Love the first two. Not sure about the third, although I did try this pose once in my Rococo series....!

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The Taking of Crowley, from The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio
//a friend challenged me to repaint this god forgive me 😂

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Il Governo e il sono più sereni senza , tanto gli elettori attratti da Renzi si trovano in .
Mi è venuto in mente questo dipinto di Caravaggio

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Martirio di sant'Orsola, 1610. Olio su tela, 143 × 180 cm. Napoli, Galleria di palazzo Zevallos.

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L'Amorino dormiente..poetico..sul retro: «M.M. di Caravaggio, Malta, 1608»..

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Artemisia Gentileschi was painting fully-fledged masterpieces by her late teens, and at the age of 18 her artist father, a friend of Caravaggio, wrote that she had “become so skilled that I can venture to say... today she has no peer.” https://t.co/XzvL7qkFgm

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"Salome with the Head of John the Baptist" by Caravaggio, circa 1607-1610. At the National Gallery in London

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New artwork for sale! - "The Head of Goliath - After Caravaggio" - https://t.co/wIrK17Kazz

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