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Episode 276 - Caravaggio's "Madonna of the Rosary"

Episode 276 - Caravaggio's "Madonna of the Rosary"

Rebuilding The Renaissance · Rocky Ruggiero

May 1, 202419m 23s

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Show Notes

Painted in 1607 while Caravaggio was in Naples, Italy, trying to elude the long arm of papal law for the murder he committed in Rome, the "Madonna of the Rosary" is Caravaggio's most standard Baroque painting. While the patron is unknown, curiously, the painting went up for sale a few months after being completed perhaps indicating an unsatisfied client.