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.