CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) Portrait of Maffeo Barberini 1599 Oil on canvas, 124 x 99 cm Private collection, Florence Th

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CARAVAGGIO (b. 1573, Caravaggio, d. 1610, Porto Ercole) Portrait of Maffeo Barberini 1599 Oil on canvas, 124 x 99 cm Private collection, Florence The still undeveloped features of this young cleric, who later became Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) were portrayed as a much more distinguished figure by the skills of Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Here, the face appears in chiaroscuro against a neutral background in such a way that a wall appears to be screening off the figure from the left. In order to give the figure more 'rilievo', or more three-dimensionality, the lit sections are painted against a dark, and the sections in shadow against a light, background. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: CARAVAGGIO Title: Portrait of Maffeo Barberini Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Italian Form: painting Type: portrait

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Keywords: 1600, 1600s, 17th, baroque, caravaggio, century, chiaroscuro, choiaroscuro, italian, painter, painting, paintings, reinassance, renaissance, tenebrism