The Contarelli Chapel or Cappella Contarelli is located within the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. It is famous for housing three paintings on the theme of Saint Matthew the Evangelist by the Baroque master Caravaggio. The Cappella Contarelli, in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, is home to three paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), better known simply as Caravaggio. The chapel was Caravaggio's first public commission and the paintings were executed for the heirs of Cardinal Matthieu Cointrel.
Caravaggio e la cappella Contarelli nella chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi
Nel 1599, il cardinale Francesco Maria Del Monte procurò a Caravaggio (1571-1610), che a quell'epoca era un suo protetto, il primo impegno ufficiale: la decorazione della Cappella Contarelli in San Luigi dei Francesi a Roma. Caravaggio attualizzava l'evento biblico, spingendo il fedele a riflettere sul fatto che Dio, in qualunque momento o luogo, poteva chiamare a sé un uomo, anche se peccatore. Caravaggio, La Vocazione di San Matteo, dett., Cappella Contarelli, dett., 1599-1600, San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma On July 23, 1599, Caravaggio signed a contract to paint two large paintings for the side walls of the Contarelli Chapel of San Luigi dei Francesi, the church of the French in Rome. The commission was secured for him by his patron Cardinal del Monte, whose links to the Medici meant that he had close connections with the French community in Rome. Storia. La cappella, acquistata dal cardinale Mathieu Cointrel (italianizzato in Matteo Contarelli) nel 1565, il quale nel frattempo era morto, era passata in eredità a Virgilio Crescenzi il quale a sua volta aveva affidato la decorazione pittorica al Cavalier d'Arpino, con cui Caravaggio collaborò durante la sua prima permanenza a Roma.. La commissione del ciclo pittorico giunse a.
Contarelli Chapel, containing three paintings by Caravaggio The
Contarelli Chapel. The top reason to visit the church is the Contarelli chapel in the far left corner in the back. It's also called the Chapel of St. Matthew. You can't miss it. There will a horde of people gathered in front of it. It's a well-trodden path on the Caravaggio trail in Rome. It was decorated by Caravaggio. S Saint Matthew and the angel by Caravaggio (17 F) Media in category "Paintings by Caravaggio at Contarelli Chapel" The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. 1475RomaSLuigiFrancesiInside.jpg 800 × 600; 158 KB Chiesa di San Luigi dei francesi, cappella Contarelli.jpg 500 × 315; 96 KB Painting Around 1592, an aspiring painter arrived in Rome in search of fame and fortune. The Eternal City didn't welcome him - just a typical self-proclaimed genius without a single coin in his holey pocket! Moreover, the guy had a terrible temper: a scandal buzzed around him wherever he went. On 13 June 1599 a contract was stipulated before a notary by which Caravaggio undertook to execute two paintings for the lateral walls (The Calling of Saint Matthew and The Martyrdom of St Matthew), for which he was paid the following year (1600), after the paintings had been set in place.
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CARAVAGGIO - CAPPELLA CONTARELLI Umberto Giordano 2.98K subscribers 34K views 9 years ago La storia della Cappella Contarelli ed i decisivi interventi di Caravaggio, all'interno di questa. Caravaggio, Cappella Contarelli in San Luigi dei Francesi Luca Mansueto 798 subscribers Subscribe 2.9K views 3 years ago ITALIA Il video descrive le opere dipinte da Caravaggio nella cappella.
Caravaggio's 1602 painting was originally intended for the main altar of the Cappella Contarelli in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. It is a picture that famously exists in two versions. The artist is " Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio" a.k.a. "Caravaggio", he was appointed for painting scenes from the life of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, dedicated to a Saint St. Matthew. Saint-Matthew & the Angel_©cava.org
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CAPPELLA CONTARELLI: LE OPERE DI CARAVAGGIO, MAESTRO DEL REALISMO Il prelato francese nel 1565 comprò questo luogo di preghiera e di raccoglimento con l'idea di abbellire la piccola cappella attraverso quadri raffiguranti le storie del santo suo omonimo, Matteo appunto. Contarelli Chapel - Caravaggio Matteo Contarelli built a chapel in 1565 for the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. The decoration of the chapel was not done until the death of Matteo Contarelli in 1585. For the altar in the chapel, a "Saint Matthew and the Angel" statue was considered.
