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Caravaggio. By: Jourdan Jules. Early Years. Caravaggio was born in Italy around he year 1571 Orphaned at the age of 11 His real name was Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio He apprenticed with a painter in Milan (Boy with a Basket of Fruit) . Family. His fathers name was Fermo Merisi
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Caravaggio By: Jourdan Jules
Early Years • Caravaggio was born in Italy around he year 1571 • Orphaned at the age of 11 • His real name was Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio • He apprenticed with a painter in Milan (Boy with a Basket of Fruit)
Family His fathers name was Fermo Merisi His father died of the Bubonic Pelage when Caravaggio was only 6 His mothers name was Lucia Aratori He has 3 brothers and he is the oldest
Later Years Killed a Roman pimp named Ranuccio Tomassoni in fight in Rome in 1606 He died on July 18,1610
Famous Works Death of a Virgin Medusa David with head of Goliath
Citations "Caravaggio Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2014. "Caravaggio - The Complete Works." Caravaggio - The Complete Works. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2014.