Piazza del popolo chiesa caravaggio biography

‘Egregius in urbe pictor’

Caravaggio was moving up in the world.

List of caravaggio paintings in rome

‘Egregius in urbe pictor’: an outstanding painter in the city. This, the description of Caravaggio in a contract dated 24 September 1600. It stipulated two side paintings for the Cerasi Chapel at Santa Maria del Popolo. Tiberio Cerasi, the papal treasurer, had purchased the chapel next to the altar in July, the same month Caravaggio received final payment for his sensational works on the life of St.

Matthew at the Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi.

Santa maria del popolo caravaggio

Each painting was to depict an episode from the life of two apostles closest to Roman hearts: St. Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, and the crucifixion of St. Peter. Both had been martyred in Rome and papal basilicas constructed over their tombs.

In addition to this pressure, Santa Maria del Popolo was the first church one saw on entering Rome through Porta Del Popolo at the city’s northern boundary. The theme, location and patron of these works made the