Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was a late 16th century painter whose personal life and artistic career were both controversial. Caravaggio’s use of light is considered a ‘reformation’ in the treatment of religious subjects.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host art historian and author Charles Scribner III in a lecture titled “Caravaggio: Man and Mystery” on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 6:00 PM,
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. For tickets and additional information, visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
On View: St Jerome, 1605. Oil on canvas. By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.