Paintings in the Contarelli Chapel
The paintings in the Contarelli Chapel form a group of three large-format canvases painted by Caravaggio between 1599 and 1602, initially commissioned by Cardinal Matteo Contarelli for the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, and eventually honored after his death by his executors. The intervention of Cardinal Del Monte, Caravaggio's patron, was decisive in obtaining this contract, which was the most significant of the painter's young career when he was not yet 30. The works evoke three major stages in the life of Saint Matthew: his calling by Christ, his writing of his Gospel guided by an angel, and his martyrdom. The paintings are still in situ at San Luigi dei Francesi.
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