Episode 255 - Caravaggio's "Calling of St. Matthew"

06/12/2023 20 min
Episode 255 - Caravaggio's "Calling of St. Matthew"

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The "Calling of St. Matthew" was the second of three paintings that Caravaggio executed for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, Italy. It depicts the dramatic moment when Christ called Matthew, the tax collector, to follow him in his mission. Caravaggio transforms a simple moment into a theatrical event set within a contemporary early 17th-century Roman setting.