List of paintings by Caravaggio explained

The following is a list of paintings by the Italian artist Caravaggio, listed chronologically.^[1]

List of paintings

Painting	Year Name	City, Gallery	Dimensions Technique	Notes
	Boy Peeling Fruit	Florence, Fondazione Roberto Longhi	75.5 × 64.4 cm Oil on canvas	One of several versions, one of which is Caravaggio's earliest known work^[2]
	Boy Peeling Fruit	London, Hampton Court Palace – Royal Collection	63 × 53 cm Oil on canvas	One of several versions, one of which is Caravaggio's earliest known work^[3]
	Boy Peeling Fruit	Switzerland, Private collection (formerly Ishizuka Collection, Tokyo)	65 × 52 cm Oil on canvas	One of several versions, one of which is Caravaggio's earliest known work^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
	Boy Peeling Fruit	London, The Dickinson Group	64.2 × 51.4 cm Oil on canvas	One of several versions, one of which is Caravaggio's earliest known work^[7]
	Portrait of a Prelate^[8]	Italy, Private Collection	68 × 53 cm Oil on canvas
	Young Sick Bacchus	Rome, Galleria Borghese	67 × 53 cm Oil on canvas
	Boy with a Basket of Fruit	Rome, Galleria Borghese	70 × 67 cm Oil on canvas
	Fortune Teller	Rome, Capitoline Museums	115 × 150 cm Oil on canvas
	Cardsharps	Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum	94.2 × 131.2 cm Oil on canvas
	Musicians	New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art	87.9 × 115.9 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy	Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum	93.9 × 129.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Boy Bitten by a Lizard	London, National Gallery	66 × 49.5 cm Oil on canvas
	c. 1596Lute Player	Private Collection	96 × 121 cmOil on canvas	Understood to be the original version of the Lute Player
	Lute Player	Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum	94 × 119 cm Oil on canvas
	Lute Player	New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan)	100 × 126,5 cm Oil on canvas
	Basket of Fruit	Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana	46 × 64 cm Oil on canvas
	Bacchus		95 × 85 cm Oil on canvas	^[9]
	Penitent Magdalene	Rome, Doria Pamphilj Gallery	122.5 × 98.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Rest on the Flight into Egypt	Rome, Doria Pamphilj Gallery	133.5 × 166.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Medusa		60 × 55 cm Oil on canvas over convex poplar wood shield
	Portrait of a Courtesan	Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum	66 × 53 cm Oil on canvas	Destroyed in 1945
	Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto		300 × 180 cm Ceiling fresco in oil
	Fortune Teller	Paris, Musée du Louvre	99 × 131 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum	173 × 133 cm Oil on canvas
	Sacrifice of Isaac	Princeton, Barbara Piasecka-Johnson Collection	116 × 173 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Toledo, Cathedral Museum	169 × 112 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Martha and Mary Magdalene	Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts	97.8 × 132.7 cm Oil on canvas
	Portrait of Maffeo Barberini	Los Angeles, Private Collection	124 × 99 cm Oil on canvas
	Judith Beheading Holofernes	Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini	145 × 195 cm Oil on canvas
	David and Goliath	Madrid, Museo del Prado	110 × 91 cm Oil on canvas
	Narcissus	Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini	110 × 92 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Boy Bitten by a Lizard	Florence, Fondazione Roberto Longhi	65.8 × 52.3 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Basel, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung	102.5 × 83 cm Oil on canvas	Attributed to Juan Bautista Maino
	Calling of Saint Matthew	Rome, Contarelli Chapel	323 × 343 cm Oil on canvas
	Martyrdom of Saint Matthew	Rome, Contarelli Chapel	323 × 343 cm Oil on canvas
	? ?: Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence	Palermo, Church of San Lorenzo	268 × 197 cm Oil on canvas	Stolen in 1969
	Conversion of Saint Paul	Rome, Odescalchi Balbi Collection
	Crucifixion of Saint Peter	Rome, Cerasi Chapel
	Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus	Rome, Cerasi Chapel	230 × 175 cm Oil on canvas
	Still Life with Flowers and Fruit	Rome, Borghese	105 × 184 cm Oil on canvas	Attributed to Painter of the Hartford Still Life
	1601: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Ecclesiastical Version)	Florence, Private Collection	118 × 156.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Supper at Emmaus		139 × 195 cm Oil on canvas
	Amor Victorious	Berlin, Gemäldegalerie	156 × 113 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Matthew and the Angel	Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum	232 × 183 cm Oil on canvas	Destroyed in 1945
	Inspiration of Saint Matthew	Rome, Contarelli Chapel	292 × 186 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Rome, Capitoline Museums	129 × 94 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Rome, Doria Pamphilj Gallery	129 × 94 cm Oil on canvas
	Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Secular version)	Potsdam, Sanssouci	107 × 146 cm Oil on canvas
	Taking of Christ	Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland	133 × 169 cm Oil on canvas
	Sacrifice of Isaac	Florence, Uffizi	104 × 135 cm Oil on canvas
	Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist	New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan)	118 × 96 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Entombment		300 × 203 cm Oil on canvas
	Crowning with Thorns	Prato, Cariprato Bank	125 × 178 cm Oil on canvas
	Madonna of Loreto		260 × 150 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	172.5 × 104.5 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Corsini	94 × 131 cm Oil on canvas
	The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew	London, Hampton Court Palace – Royal Collection	140 × 176 cm Oil on canvas
	Christ on the Mount of Olives	Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum	154 × 222 cm Oil on canvas	Destroyed in 1945
	Ecce Homo	Genoa, Palazzo Bianco	128 × 103 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed, perhaps a Flemish Caravaggesco operating in Sicily
	Saint Jerome in Meditation	Montserrat, Museum of Montserrat	118 × 81 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Jerome Writing		112 × 157 cm Oil on canvas
	Portrait of Pope Paul V	Rome, Private Collection of the Prince Borghese	203 × 119 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge	Rome, Borghese	87 × 135 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)	Rome, Borghese	292 × 211 cm Oil on canvas	^[10]
	Death of the Virgin	Paris, Musée du Louvre	369 × 245 cm Oil on canvas
	1605/1606 Magdalene Grieving	Rome, Private Collection	112 × 92 cm Oil on canvas
	Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy	Rome, Private collection	106.5 × 91 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Francis in Meditation	Cremona, Museo Civico Ala Ponzone	130 × 90 cm Oil on canvas
	Supper at Emmaus	Milan, Brera Fine Arts Academy	141 × 175 cm Oil on canvas
	Judith Beheading Holofernes	New York, J. Tomilson Hill collection	Oil on canvas	Disputed attribution. Also attributed to Louis Finson.^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
	Seven Works of Mercy	Naples, Pio Monte della Misericordia	390 × 260 cm Oil on canvas
	Crucifixion of Saint Andrew	Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art	202.5 × 152.7 cm Oil on canvas
	David with the Head of Goliath		90.5 × 116 cm Oil on wood
	Madonna of the Rosary (Madonna del Rosario)	Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum	364.5 × 249.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Crowning with Thorns	Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum	127 × 165.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Flagellation of Christ	Naples, Museo di Capodimonte	390 × 260 cm Oil on canvas
	Christ at the Column		134.5 × 175.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist	London, National Gallery	90.5 × 167 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Jerome Writing		117 × 157 cm Oil on canvas
	Ecce Homo		111 × 86 cm Oil on canvas
	Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page	Paris, Musée du Louvre	195 × 134 cm Oil on canvas
	Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli	Florence, Pitti Palace	118.5 × 95.5 cm Oil on canvas
	Beheading of Saint John the Baptist		361 × 520 cm Oil on canvas
	Sleeping Cupid	Florence, Pitti Palace	71 × 105 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Valletta, MUZA, The Malta National Community Art Museum	100 × 73 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed^[14]
	Annunciation	Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts	285 × 205 cm Oil on canvas
	The Burial of Saint Lucy	Syracuse, Santuario di Santa Lucia al Sepolcro	408 × 300 cm Oil on canvas
	Raising of Lazarus	Messina, Museo Regionale	380 × 275 cm Oil on canvas
	Adoration of the Shepherds	Messina, Museo Regionale	314 × 211 cm Oil on canvas
	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist	Madrid, Royal Collections Gallery	116 × 140 cm Oil on canvas
	Tooth Puller	Florence, Pitti Palace	139.5 × 194.5 cm Oil on canvas	Disputed
	Denial of Saint Peter	New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art	94 × 125 cm Oil on canvas
	Saint Francis in Prayer	Rome, Church of San Pietro in Carpineto Romano currently in deposit at Il Museo E La Cripta dei Frati Cappuccini, Palazzo Barberini	130 × 90 cm Oil on canvas
	John the Baptist	Rome, Borghese	159 × 124 cm Oil on canvas
	David with the Head of Goliath	Rome, Borghese	125 × 101 cm Oil on canvas	^[15]
	John the Baptist	Munich, Private collection	159 × 124 cm Oil on canvas
	Martyrdom of Saint Ursula	Naples, Galleria di Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano	106 × 179.5 cm Oil on canvas	Last known work

Further reading

• Book: Gash, John . Caravaggio . University of California . 2003 . 978-1-904449-22-5.
• Book: Gilbert, Creighton E. . Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals . Pennsylvania State University Press . 1995 . 978-0-271-01312-1.
• Book: Hibbard, Howard . Caravaggio . Westview Press . 1985 . 0-06-433322-1.
• Book: Longhi, Roberto . translated by Karen Craig . Caravaggio . Giunti . 1968 . 88-09-21445-5.
• Book: Moir, Alfred . Caravaggio . Harry N Abrams . 1989 . 978-0-8109-3150-3.
• Book: Puglisi, Catherine . Caravaggio . Phaidon . 1998 . 9780714839660.
• Book: Robb, Peter . M : The Man Who Became Caravaggio . Henry Holt & Company, Inc. . 2000 . 0-312-27474-2.
• Book: Schütze, Sebastian . Caravaggio: The Complete Works . Taschen . 2017 . 9783836562867.
• Book: Spike, John T . Caravaggio . Abbeville Press . 2010 . 978-0-7892-1059-3.
• Book: Vodret, Rossella . Caravaggio: The Complete Works . Silvana Editoriale . 2010 . 9788836616626.
• Book: Zuffi, Stefano . Caravaggio : Quadrifolio . Rizzoli (Rizzoli Quadrifolio) . 2001.

Notes and References

1. Spike, John T. Caravaggio. New York : Abbeville Press, 2001: p. 253–54
2. Book: Hibbard, Howard . Caravaggio . 1983 . Westview Press . Boulder, Colorado . 978-0-06-430128-2 . 15–17 .
3. Web site: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Milan 1571-Port Ercole 1610) – Boy Peeling Fruit.
4. Book: The Genius of Rome, 1592–1623 . Brown . Beverley Louise . 2001 . Royal Academy of Arts . London.
5. Web site: Caravaggio, Young Boy Peeling Fruit, c. 1592.
6. Web site: Caravaggio tra originali e copie.
7. Book: Spike, John T. . Caravaggio, 2nd revised edition . 2010 . Abbeville Press . London.
8. Book: Pilo, Giuseppe Maria . Arte Documento n. 33, Arte a Venezia, Arte a Europa . Giuseppe Maria Pilo, Centro per lo Studio e la Tutela dei Beni Culturali Venice . 2017 . 978-88-6512-576-2 . Venezia . 156–161 . it . 1010736069.
9. Book: Robb, Peter . M: The Man who Became Caravaggio . Peter Robb (author) . 1998 . Picador . New York City . 0-312-27474-2 . 501 .
10. Web site: Madonna of the Palafrenieri . Borghese Gallery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051025113325/http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/epalafren.htm . 2005-10-25 .
11. News: McGivern. Hannah. 'Caravaggio' found in French attic unveiled in Milan. 26 January 2017. Art Newspaper.
12. News: Gignoux. Sabine. New leads in the Toulouse Caravaggio enigma. 23 April 2018. La Croix International.
13. News: Christiansen. Keith. Study day at Brera. 23 April 2018.
14. Web site: Heritage Malta . A painting historically attributed to Caravaggio displayed at MUŻA . 2022.
15. Web site: David with the Head of Goliath . Borghese Gallery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051124000602/http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edavicara.htm . 2005-11-24 .