Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

"This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." ۥHilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571€“1610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggio€s staggering artistic achievements, his volatile personal trajectory, and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artist€s best paintings, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter.