Madonna of the Rosary
1607 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
About this artwork
This large altarpiece depicts the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child accompanied by Saint Dominic and other figures, who offer prayers and rosaries to the supplicants gathered below. It was likely commissioned by Louis Finson for the church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples.
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Caravaggio's 'Madonna of the Rosary' is notable for its raw realism and dramatic use of light and shadow, characteristic of his Baroque style. Interestingly, the painting features a donor portrait of a man, possibly Caravaggio's patron, among the kneeling supplicants, blurring the lines between the sacred and the everyday.
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Madonna of the Rosary
Michelangelo da Caravaggio, 1607
