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The Calling of Saint Matthew (c. 1599–1600). Oil on canvas, 340 x 322 cm (11.1 ft x 10.5 ft). Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

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Caravaggio: The Calling of St Matthew  wikidata:Q969377 reasonator:Q969377
Artist
Caravaggio  (1571–1610)  wikidata:Q42207 q:it:Caravaggio
 
Caravaggio
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 Edit this at Wikidata 18 July 1610 / 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Milan Porto Ercole
Work period 1593 - 1610
Work location
Rome, Naples, Malta, Sicily
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q42207
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Italiano: Vocazione di san Matteo
English: The Calling of Saint Matthew
Polski: Powołanie świętego Mateusza
Español: La vocación de San Mateo
Part of paintings by Caravaggio in the Contarelli Chapel Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Calling of Matthew Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Matthew the Apostle Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1599-1600
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 340 cm (11.1 ft); width: 322 cm (10.5 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,340U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,322U174728
Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi
Current location
Roma
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