Blog: The gilded shell

tags: art, lost painting, painting, caravaggio, michelangelo merisi, st matthew, conversion, baroque, italian art, italian baroque
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi, 1571-1610); San Matteo e l’angelo (St Matthew and the Angel), 1602; oil on canvas, 232x183 cmThe painting was destroyed in the fire at the Flakturm Friedrichshain in Berlin (5-10 May 1945). No colour reproduction exists.
tags: art, lost painting, painting, caravaggio, michelangelo merisi, st matthew, conversion, baroque, italian art, italian baroque