The Calling of Saint Matthew ca. 1625–30 Giovanni Battista Caracciolo One of the outstanding figures of Neapolitan painting, Caracciolo was deeply influenced by Caravaggio, who worked in Naples in 1606–7 and again in 1610. The artist shows the moment when Jesus asks Matthew, an avaricious tax collector, to renounce his worldly possessions and follow Him (Matthew 9:9). Jesus’s gaze and outward gesture present the viewer with the same quandary as Matthew's: whether to embrace Christ’s invitation or the money bag at the edge of the The Calling of Saint Matthew. Giovanni Battista Caraccio
The Calling of Saint Matthew ca. 1625–30 Giovanni Battista Caracciolo One of the outstanding figures of Neapolitan painting, Caracciolo was deeply influenced by Caravaggio, who worked in Naples in 1606–7 and again in 1610. The artist shows the moment when Jesus asks Matthew, an avaricious tax collector, to renounce his worldly possessions and follow Him (Matthew 9:9). Jesus’s gaze and outward gesture present the viewer with the same quandary as Matthew's: whether to embrace Christ’s invitation or the money bag at the edge of the The Calling of Saint Matthew. Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Italian, Naples 1578–1635 Naples). ca. 1625–30. Oil on canvas. Paintings
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