Angelo van Schaik
Michelangelo Merisi is better known by his nickname Caravaggio and he is considered one of the greatest painters in history.
Caravaggio was born in Milan in 1571 and left for Rome at the age of about 20, where in 10 years he became the most important painter of his time.
To this day, his dramatic light-dark technique is admired. But Caravaggio himself also had a dark side, which is why he had to flee Rome in 1606.
After wanderings in Naples, Sicily and Malta, he set foot in Tuscany in 1610, with the intention of returning to Rome. However, he died on July 18 in Porto Ercole, most likely from malaria. He was only 38 years old.
In 2 videos, filmmaker Angelo van Schaik and Caravaggio expert Boudewijn Goossens talk about Caravaggio's years in Rome.
About his studio in the center of the city, about his stay in Palazzo Madama under the care of the important Cardinal Del Monte, they admire 3 of his works in the San Luigi dei Francesi, the French church in Rome. And they also talk about his personality and his troubles with the law.
Watch part 2 of this series here.
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