Vino con Vista’s Favorite Places for a Caravaggio Treasure Hunt in Rome Italy

Caravaggio GImS (Photo credit: Cea.)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – The Fortune Teller – WGA04082 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Rest on Flight to Egypt – WGA04096 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – St John the Baptist – WGA04196 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram), c. 1602, 129×94 cm, Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A portrait of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Titian, c 1515 (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist – WGA04179 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On one of my visits to Rome, I had the opportunity to attend a

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – St John the Baptist – WGA04154 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Caravaggio Exhibit at the Scuderie del Quirinale for the 40oth aniversary of his death.

There are many Caravaggio paintings in Rome but they are not under one roof. So if you want a Caravaggio Teasure Hunt in Rome, you have to be willing to move around.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – St. John the Baptist – WGA04155 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – St John the Baptist – WGA04154 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Many of his works are found in the palaces of Papal families. Visit Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj, Palazzo Barberini and Galleria Borghese to view his genius. Caravaggio’s masterpieces are displayed in many of the churches in Rome.

Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All), a depiction of the god of love, Eros. By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, circa 1601–1602 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here’s your Treasure Map to find Caravaggio in Rome:

1. The Galleria Borghese:

David with the head of Goliath,

Boy with a Basket of Fruit,

St Jerome in his Study,

Madonna and Child with St Anne,

St John the Baptist,

Self Portrait as Bacchus

2. Santa Maria del Popolo Church in the Cerasi Chapel:

The Conversion of St. Paul and the Martyrdom of St. Peter.

3. San Luigi dei Francesi in the Contarelli Chapel:

The Calling of Matthew,