Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Can't say I didn't warn you. Wait until tomorrow. Here's a Wikipedia quote about Caravaggio. "An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his lifestyle three years previously, tells how after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him. In 1606 he killed a young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. In Malta in 1608 he was involved in another brawl, and yet another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. By the next year, after a relatively brief career, he was dead."

2 comments:

  1. i must be sick - i've always liked this a lot.

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  2. Did you know that the head is a self-portrait? Neato!

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