Exploring Malta through the brushstrokes of Caravaggio
Knights, murder, a prison break... we head to Malta to unravel the story of the crucial late period in the Caravaggio’s wild life...
Caravaggio in Malta: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
2024年4月29日 · In Malta Caravaggio produced works for the Knights that include ‘St Jerome Writing’, a portrait of the Grand Master himself accompanied by his page, and other portraits of leading Knights. But his piece de resistance must be his Beheading of St John the Baptist, which he completed in 1608.
Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page - Wikipedia
Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris. Alof de Wignacourt joined the Order of the Knights of Saint John (the Knights of Malta ) in 1564, aged seventeen, and distinguished himself the next year at the Great Siege of Malta , when the Turks were defeated ...
Caravaggio's masterpiece in Malta: the - Finestre sull'Arte
2020年10月19日 · The "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" is the great masterpiece painted by Caravaggio in Malta and the painter's only signed work. Dating from 1608, it is located in the Maltese capital and is discussed in this article.
Malta, itinerary in the footsteps of Caravaggio and the Order of …
2023年5月23日 · The first painting Caravaggio executed in Malta was precisely the portrait of Wignacourt, shown standing and armed, now in the Louvre, and the patron liked it so much that he “gave him the Cross as a prize.”
Caravaggio and Mattia Preti: two Italian geniuses in Malta, in the ...
2019年12月11日 · Among the few portraits executed by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi; Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610), one of the most interesting is a nearly two-meter-high canvas in the Louvre depicting Alof de Wignacourt (Flanders, 1547 - Valletta, 1622), Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta from 1601 to 1622: in the painting, Wignacourt is ...
Caravaggio's Maltese Knight: a scientific analysis - Conceptual Fine …
2017年10月3日 · Despite the year he spent in Malta between 1607 and 1608 was only in part a quiet time, which indeed ended with a brawl and a subsequent escape, the artist did manage to depict some intense portraits, like the Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (Paris, Louvre) and the Portrait of a Maltese Knight (Florence, Palazzo Pitti, fig. 1 ...
Portrait of Fra Antionio Martelli, 1608 by Caravaggio
Portrait of Fra Antionio Martelli, 1608 by Caravaggio. Caravaggio was in Malta by July 1607. He had gone there, according to Bellori, because he 'was eager to receive the Cross of Malta which was usually given as an honour to notable persons for merit and virtue'.
Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s stay in Malta is a relatively brief episode from his colourful albeit short life. His presence on a small is-land south of Sicily, close to the then Ottoman North African coast, has been read in terms of a unique contribution.
The aura of life! Unveiling the cinematic art of Caravaggio
2023年7月22日 · Caravaggio was only in Malta for 15 months, but, in that time, he painted a number of works: the monumental The Beheading of St John the Baptist (1608) and Saint Jerome Writing (1607), which are both still here on the island; Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (1608) which is housed at the Louvre in Paris; as well as Portrait of Fra ...