artist: Caravaggio

instance of: painting (94) | lost artwork (2) | tondo (1)

commissioned by: Francesco Maria del Monte (3) | Ciriaco Mattei (2) | Catholic Church (1) | Urban VIII (1) | Scipione Borghese (1) | Vincenzo Giustiniani (1) | Asdrubale Mattei (1) | Matthieu Cointerel (1) | Laerzio Cherubini (1) | Ottavio Costa (1)

owned by: Louis XIV of France (1) | Catholic Church (1) | Charles I of England (1) | Francesco Maria del Monte (1) | Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) | Gemäldegalerie (1) | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (1) | Vincenzo Gonzaga (1) | British royal family (1) | Daniel Wildenstein (1) | Vincenzo Giustiniani (1) | J. Tomilson Hill (1)

movement: Baroque (81) | Caravaggisti (2) | Baroque painting (1)

genre: religious art (64) | portrait (9) | genre art (8) | mythological painting (8) | self-portrait (3) | half-length portrait (3) | still life (2) | allegory (1)

named after: Saint Lucy (1)

based on: Greek mythology (6) | 1 Samuel (3) | Book of Judith (2) | Penitent Magdalene (2) | Nativity of Jesus (1) | Our Lady of the Rosary (1) | Denial of Peter (1) | Adoration of the shepherds (1) | classical mythology (1) | Calling of the disciples (1) | Matthew 4 (1) | Madonna and Child (1)

depicts: man (23) | woman (22) | Jesus Christ (13) | Virgin Mary (10) | boy (9) | John the Baptist (8) | angel (7) | Child Jesus (7) | long hair (5) | Mary Magdalena (5) | Matthew the Apostle (4) | dress (4) | human head (4) | Fillide Melandroni (4) | Cupid (3) | mother (3) | sword (3) | head (3)

material used: oil paint (93) | canvas (42) | canvas (7) | wood (2)

collection: private collection (9) | Borghese Collection (7) | San Luigi dei Francesi Church (4) | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (4) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (3) | Bode Museum (3) | Metropolitan Museum of Art (3) | National Gallery (3) | Galleria Borghese (3) | Department of Paintings of the Louvre (3) | Uffizi Gallery (3) | Capitoline Museums (2) | Galleria Palatina (2) | Santa Maria del Popolo (2) | Doria Pamphilj Gallery (2) | Royal Collection (2) | Regional museum of Messina (2) | New York City (1)

location: Galleria Borghese (7) | Metropolitan Museum of Art (4) | Uffizi (3) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (3) | National Gallery (3) | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (3) | Room 712 (3) | Florence (2) | Palazzo Pitti (2) | Bode Museum (2) | Capitoline Museums (2) | St. John's Co-Cathedral (2) | San Luigi dei Francesi Church (2) | Doria Pamphilj Gallery (2) | Regional museum of Messina (2) | Contarelli Chapel (2) | Cerasi Chapel (2) | Princeton University (1)

part of: The Lute Player series (2) | None (2) | None (2)

country of origin: Italy (2)

exhibition history: Corps et Ombres (9) | Europeana 280 (3) | Bode Museum (1) | Contarelli Chapel (1) | Colnaghi (1) | Velázquez (1) | Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe (1)

main subject: John the Baptist (3) | Madonna and Child (3) | David and Goliath (3) | arrest of Jesus (2) | Urban VIII (2) | Road to Emmaus appearance (2) | conversion of Paul the Apostle (2) | card sharp (2) | Flagellation of Christ (2) | Binding of Isaac (2) | Penitent Magdalene (2) | Judith and Holofernes (2) | Crowning with Thorns (2) | John the Baptist in the wilderness (2) | love (1) | music (1) | Jerome (1) | Nativity of Jesus (1)

location of final assembly: Rome (4) | Italy (1)

fabrication method: chiaroscuro (66)