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| Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)
(1573 - 1610)
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| 1573 |
Born Michelangelo Merisi on 28 September in the village of Caravaggio |
| 1586 |
Sent to the studio of painter Peterzano |
| 1589 |
Apprenticed to Simone Peterzano in Milan (this is questionable) |
| 1592 |
Arrives in Rome and is employed by Giuseppe Caesare, also known as Cavaliere d'Arpino |
| 1600 |
Commissioned to decorate the Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome |
| 1600 |
First mention in police records: the rest of his life is marked by accusations of assault, libel, murder |
| 1601 |
Commissioned by Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome for a Conversion of Saint Paul and Crucifixion of Saint Peter |
| 1606 |
Kills Ranuccio Tomassoni da Terni during a tennis match, flees to Naples
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| 1607 |
Travels to Malta, and is made a knight, or cavaliere, of the Maltese order |
| 1608 |
Arrested again, escapes from a Maltese jail, goes to Syracuse in Sicily |
| 1610 |
Dies 18 July on the beach at Port'Ercole in Tuscany |
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