Episode 257 - Caravaggio’s Cerasi Chapel
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - December 20, 2023 11:30 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History florence italy milan renaissance rome architecture art history painting sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Located in the Augustinian church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, Italy, the Cerasi Chapel contains two paintings by Caravaggio – the “Crucifixion of St. Peter” and the “Conversion of St. Paul.” The paintings were commissioned by Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi, who was the treasurer general of Pope Clement VIII, in 1600. Curiously, Cerasi had asked a different painter named Annibale Caracci to paint the altarpiece of the chapel, which is executed in stark contrast to Caravaggio’s style.