1605
oil
canvas
From the collection of Borghese Collection
Portrait of Pope Paul V is a 1605 oil by Caravaggio, a Baroque work, held at Borghese Collection.
This painting is called Portrait of Pope Paul V. It was made by Caravaggio in 1605. The artist likely used oil paint to create it, which was a common medium at the time. Caravaggio was known for his work during this period. He often painted portraits of important people. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of Caravaggio.
Portrait of Pope Paul V (c. 1605–1606) is a painting attributed to the Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), now in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. Camillo Borghese reigned as Pope Paul V from 1605 to 1621. Caravaggio's biographer Giovanni Bellori records that the artist painted a seated portrait of him as pope, which must place the work between Borghese's election on 16 May 1605 and Caravaggio's flight from Rome in May 1606 following the death of Ranuccio Tommassoni. The portrait is attested in the Borghese Collection from 1650. Many scholars have doubted the…
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
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