Michelangelo Merisi detto il Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) “The calling of Saint Matthew/Vocazione di San Matteo” (1599 – 1600), Oil on canvas, cm 322 x 340, Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma.
When I travel to Rome, I cannot help but find at least 5 minutes to go to the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, because some of the most spectacular works of the seventeenth century and which are considered Caravaggio’s masterpieces are located there.
Among Caravaggio’s most investigated works is definitely the “Calling of St. Matthew” at the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. It is his first commission for a public place and he made the aforementioned canvas confronted by the Martyrdom of St. Matthew at the turn of the 16th century.
