Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is remembered as much for his unconventional lifestyle as his immeasurable talent. His revolutionary art along with a life of personal excess, punctuated by late night brawls, attempts on his life, and multiple arrests, culminated with a Papal death warrant that forced him to live as an exile. Tragically, he died while making his way to Rome after receiving news of having been granted a pardon. Although his life ended abruptly at the age of 38, his powerful realism impacted a generation or more of European artists.
Caravaggio paintings are quite rare as he only painted about 80 known works, ten of which are in the U.S. This is only the second time the Ecco Homo, the centerpiece of Columbus Museum of Art's exclusive exhibition, has been displayed in the U.S.
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