The Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio · 1609
The story
The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio that depicts the moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it remains. It hangs alongside two other paintings of Matthew by Caravaggio: The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602).
- Artist
- Caravaggio
- Date
- 1609
- Collection
- San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 340 × 322 cm
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