Caravaggio
Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi in Milan in 1571 and dead at Porto Ercole in 1610, is the painter of dramatic light whose Roman years left works in the Borghese, the Doria Pamphilj, Palazzo Barberini and three churches.
Example
The Borghese holds the early Sick Bacchus of around 1595, the Doria Pamphilj the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, and the churches show him free of charge, so a Caravaggio route needs only one paid slot.
Sources: collezionegalleriaborghese.it
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Techniques and materials
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- Caravaggio's Judith: Barberini as the calmer Caravaggio
- Borromini staircase: read the palace before the paintings
- Velázquez's Innocent X: why Doria Pamphilj beats the queue
- Apollo and Daphne: plan a Borghese slot around Bernini
