This work's creation was permitted by the political take down of Cavalier D'Arpino, the artist's former master, who had originally received the commission for the Contarelli Chapel.
This work's creation was permitted by the political take down of Cavalier D'Arpino, the artist's former master, who had originally received the commission for the Contarelli Chapel. It lies next to two similarly titled works which show the central figure's death and visitation by an angel. In it, Levi, modeled almost exactly on a figure from the creator's The Cardsharps, sits at a table with four other figures, only some of whom find the barefoot figure at right more interesting than piles of coins. FTP, name this Mannerist Caravaggio work which depicts Jesus's first interaction with a tax collector.
This work's creation was permitted by the political take down of Cavalier D'Arpino, the artist's former master, who had originally received the commission for the Contarelli Chapel.
The {Calling of Saint Matthew}