FILE: 26_Death of the Virgin_Caravaggio.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Death of the Virgin - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ITALY

DESCRIPTION: CARAVAGGIO. Commissioned by nuns wanting traditional account of Mary going to heaven w angels. They got this instead!: a contemporary scene of dead woman on a bed wearing red; his model was corpse of dead prostitute. Nuns refused painting. Duke of Mantua (quirky soul) bought it.(Remember Duke of Mantua? See Early Ren #32-35)