1606

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Religious painting · Baroque

Death of the Virgin

Caravaggio

1606 · Louvre, Paris

The Virgin lies barefoot and swollen like any corpse. The church that ordered it refused delivery, and Rubens told his duke to buy it.

★ 8.4

Religious painting · Baroque

Saint Jerome Writing

Caravaggio

1606 · Galleria Borghese, Rome

Jerome reaches across the table for the inkpot with a skull holding down his papers. Scholarship as physical labor, in a single hard light.

★ 5.7