The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Ecclesiastical Version)
Florence, Private Collection
118 × 156.5 cm Oil on canvas
1601
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If you’ve ever seen a Caravaggio in real life, you know these works are worth traveling for. I can’t quite explain the effect, but once you’ve experienced it, you’re left wanting more. It rekindles your belief in Art.
Caravaggio’s work is strong, intense, beautiful, sad, majestic, and deeply spiritual.
Of course, it’s a subjective experience, but it seems to resonate with many. In a vast museum, where you might feel overwhelmed by endless rooms and exhibits, a Caravaggio will stop you in your tracks. You’ll find yourself asking, What is this?
It’s Caravaggio.
So, if you want to see the master’s work in person, head to Italy. Where exactly?
Milan, Florence, Rome, and Naples.
Milan
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Basket of Fruit
Pinacoteca di Brera
Supper at Emmaus (second version)
Florence
Uffizi Gallery
Bacchus
Medusa
Sacrifice of Isaac
Palazzo Pitti
Sleeping Cupid
Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
The Tooth Puller (attributed)
Rome
Galleria Borghese
Boy with a Basket of Fruit
David with the Head of Goliath
Saint Jerome Writing
Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)
John the Baptist
Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge
Palazzo Barberini (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)
Judith Beheading Holofernes
Narcissus
Saint Francis in Prayer
Palazzo Corsini (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)
John the Baptist
San Luigi dei Francesi (Contarelli Chapel)
The Calling of Saint Matthew
The Inspiration of Saint Matthew
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
Sant’Agostino
Madonna of Loreto
Santa Maria del Popolo (Cerasi Chapel)
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
Naples
Museo di Capodimonte
The Flagellation of Christ
Pio Monte della Misericordia
The Seven Works of Mercy
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
Martyrdom of Saint Ursula