5 Items about Caravaggio

Around 1600 to 1606, Caravaggio was considered the greatest artist in Rome and again in Naples between 1606 to 1610 after he became an outlaw in Rome

Many of Caravaggio's works dealt with death and contained graphic sexual images which the people and church viewed as vulgar

Caravaggio became an orphan when his dad died in 1584 because his mom died in 1577 at age eleven

Caravaggio started as a religious artist but later on made his painting using naturalism and realism like most artist of his time

Caravaggio was always getting into trouble for something like brawling and arguments with all sorts of people.