Caravaggio paintings

Painting of an extremely surprised man, styled after Caravaggio's old master Baroque oil paintings.

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian 1573-1610) Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome Italy Caravaggio pushed his figures up against the picture plane and used dramatic lighting which gives his paintings a quality of immediacy. He portrayed realistic observations of the physical and emotional human state. These combined characteristics had a formative influence on Baroque painting.

A painting depicting a man holding his finger to his lips, asking for silence, rendered in the style of Caravaggio and old master Baroque oil paintings. The image captures the dramatic lighting and emotive expression characteristic of Caravaggio's work.

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