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Summary

Caravaggio: The Conversion of Saint Paul

Artist



Alternative names	Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	29 September 1571	18 July 1610 / 1610
Location of birth/death	Milan	Porto Ercole
Work period	1593 - 1610
Work location	Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily
Authority file	: Q42207 VIAF: 87679282 ISNI: 0000000121028836 ULAN: 500115312 LCCN: n50000558 NLA: 35025773 WorldCat

Title

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

conversion of Paul the Apostle

Date

circa January 1600

Medium

oil on cypress wood

Dimensions

height: 189 cm (74.4 in); width: 237 cm (93.3 in)

Collection

Odescalchi Balbi Collection

Current location

Rome

References

Source/Photographer

Self-scanned

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