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The dramatic events of the troubled life of Caravaggio, one of the most formidable painters in the history of art of all time, are retraced in this volume, updated in the light of the latest discoveries, published on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his documented birth in Milan in 1571. Examined here are the most significant circumstances that shattered, in just fourteen years, the brief course of the great Lombard genius' professional life: from his arrival in Rome in 1596 to his tragic and still

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The dramatic events of the troubled life of Caravaggio, one of the most formidable painters in the history of art of all time, are retraced in this volume, updated in the light of the latest discoveries, published on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his documented birth in Milan in 1571. Examined here are the most significant circumstances that shattered, in just fourteen years, the brief course of the great Lombard genius' professional life: from his arrival in Rome in 1596 to his tragic and still

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