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Considered "The Most Famous Painter in Rome" in the early 1600's, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was one of the first great Baroque artists. His career spanned little more than a decade, but in that time he never lacked work, and gained a reputation as a mysterious rebel. His realistic renderings of religious scenes were masterful in the use of chiaroscuro, and sowed new seeds of modern painting.

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