Death of the Virgin

Caravaggio, 1603

LOCATIONDepartment of Paintings of the Louvre

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Academic artBaroque

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Caravaggio 1571–1610 · Duchy of Milan

Caravaggio, the fiery Italian painter, revolutionized art with his dramatic use of light and shadow, capturing raw human emotion directly on canvas.