Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Caravaggio Conversion of St. Paul

The Conversion of Saint Paul was created by the Italian painter Caravaggio. It is housed in Rome. It was commissioned by Tiberio Cerasi, the treasurer to the Pope, in September 1600. Both of the painting were rejected by Cerasi and replaced by the second versions which hang in the chapel today. There is a lot of motion and action in this painting.

I really like the horse's flanks.

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