29+ renaissance artist caravaggio

The image may have been a cabinet piece but was. Some of the most famous Flemish painters traveled to Spain or had their works collected by Spanish patrons.

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. Prints for instance engravings by Northern Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Dürer or Martin Schonguaer circulated throughout Spain and influenced artists like Bermejo. Jan van Eyck journeyed to the Iberian Peninsula in 142829. The depiction of night in paintings is common in Western artPaintings that feature a night scene as the theme may be religious or history paintings genre scenes portraits landscapes or other subject typesSome artworks involve religious or fantasy topics using the quality of dim night light to create mysterious atmospheres.

Caravaggios 17 th-century biographer Giovanni Baglione identifies this painting as one of a group of the artists early self-portraits painted with the aid of a convex mirror a contention supported by the figures awkward pose as if turned to ensure better visibility in the mirror surface.

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