Caravaggio_-_Boy_Bitten_by_a_Lizard.jpg

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Caravaggio : Boy Bitten by a Lizard

Artist



Alternative names	Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi Italiano: Michelangelo Merisi, detto il Caravaggio
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	29 September 1571	18 July 1610 / 1610
Location of birth/death	Milan	Porto Ercole
Work period	1593 - 1610
Work location	Rome , Naples , Malta , Sicily
Authority file	: Q42207 VIAF : 87679282 ISNI : 0000000121028836 ULAN : 500115312 LCCN : n50000558 NLA : 35025773 WorldCat

Title

Italian:

Ragazzo morso da un ramarro

Boy Bitten by a Lizard

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Mario Minniti

Date

1593

Medium

oil and chiaroscuro on canvas

Dimensions

height: 66 cm (25.9 in)

; width: 49.5 cm (19.4 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF : 144868906 ISNI : 0000000123422001 ULAN : 500125190 LCCN : n80081622 NLA : 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG6504 ( National Gallery )

Exhibition history

Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and his European followers

References

Source/Photographer

National Gallery, London - online catalogue .


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Boy Bitten by a Lizard

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Boy Bitten by a Lizard

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Boy Bitten by a Lizard

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