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Caravaggio is one of the most famous Italian painters, the founder and one of the important founders of the Baroque school, and has a huge influence on Baroque art.

In addition, he led Caravaggioism, and his brief stay in Naples led to the birth of the famous Neapolitan Caravaggio school!

The later Utrecht Caravaggio school was also deeply influenced by Caravaggio's works!

When the painters of the Utrecht Caravaggio school left Rome and returned to the north, they had an important influence on many famous painters in northern Europe.

In the history of European art, Caravaggio has a very important position, and his oil paintings are admired and collected by countless people!

Some even commented highly: "Caravaggio's work marks the beginning of modern painting!"

According to the famous painting critic Longhi, without Caravaggio, there would be no Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt! Without him, Delacroix, Courbet and Mane would be completely different.

Bernard Berenson, an authority on Italian Renaissance art, fully agrees with this statement.

He once said of Caravaggio: "Except Michelangelo, no other Italian painter has such a great influence!"

Caravaggio's life is intoxicating, dangerous, and full of mystery!

In Rome at the beginning of the seventeenth century, he was not only a famous and highly regarded artist, but also known as the savior of art! Also a very combative swordsman, gladiator, a complex of contradictions!

The earliest commentary on him appears in 1604, and that document describes his way of life about three years earlier.

"He only had to do two weeks of work, and he could swagger around with swords for a month or two, and the servants followed, from one court to the other, always ready to fight, so it was a great embarrassment to be with him!"

It was this combative character that made his artistic career very bumpy!

Even at the peak of his creative career, Caravaggio spent most of his life on the road to desperation.

In 1606, he had to flee Rome after killing a young man in a fight and being offered a reward for his head.

In 1608, he was involved in another fight in Malta and was thrown into prison by the Maltese authorities, but he managed to escape from Malta and escaped to Naples.

Then in 1609, another bloody battle in Naples, an unknown opponent vowed to take his life, and then escaped!

In the end, Caravaggio completely killed himself in this dangerous and desperate life!

In 1610, after just over a decade as a painter, Caravaggio passed away at the age of 39!

Although his career as a painter was very short, he left behind many immortal works that shine brightly! It has had a profound impact on later European art!

The picture in front of him was created in 1608, during the most difficult period of his life!

In this oil painting, the birth of Jesus is endowed with a hazy atmosphere, and the expressions of the figures are solemn, which is completely opposite to the general paintings that praise the joy of the birth of Jesus.

And this is exactly what Caravaggio wanted to express, he wanted to express his concern about the future of mankind with more uncertainties, just like his own situation and fate at the time!

In Caravaggio's pen, Christ and many saints have become commoners.

They are bare bones, thick eyebrows, big eyes, unshaven beards, and ragged clothes, and they do not have the glamorous creation of the predecessors.

He painted all the saints after fishermen, peasants, workers, and homeless people, and he claimed to bring these lower classes into the church.

And he did it too, many of his works were later collected in the church!

After Caravaggio's death, this picture,

It has been collected in the San Lorenzo Chapel in Palermo, Sicily, for people to admire and appreciate.

Until 1969, two thieves broke into the chapel and stole the famous painting!

For the sake of convenience, the two thieves cut out the famous painting with a paper cutter, and abandoned the frame!

In the decades that followed, this famous painting was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no news of it!

However, there have been countless rumors circulating around this famous painting and this case for decades.

Some people say that the Italian mafia stole the famous painting. Due to careless protection of the painting, it caused serious damage to the famous painting, and it is impossible to repair it.

After that, the painting was rolled over into the hands of many people, and I don't know where it went!

According to the Italian police and the Italian National Cultural Relics Protection Center, this famous painting is very likely still in the hands of a leader of the Sicilian Mafia!

It is also said that this famous painting was stolen by two amateur collectors in Palermo. After some open and bloody fighting, it finally fell into the hands of the Sicilian mafia.

Before being arrested, the mafia leader who obtained the famous painting packed the famous painting, millions of dollars, and several kilograms of heroin in a large iron box and buried it underground, and has since disappeared!

In addition, there are many other rumors, almost all of which are related to the Sicilian mafia. This famous painting is in the hands of the mafia, which has become a consensus.

Since this famous painting was stolen, the Italian police and the Italian National Cultural Relics Protection Center have never given up on the investigation, and they have also put up a huge reward!

It's a pity that decades later, they still found nothing, not even much valuable information! The chances of this famous painting by Caravaggio reappearing seem increasingly slim!

But who would have thought that this famous painting is not in Sicily, but in Boston, USA, in the living room of a pastor of the Old North Church, and it hangs so grandly, with only a layer of special paint on the surface!

On the edge of this famous painting, the cutting marks of the paper cutter are clearly visible, Ye Tian's heart trembles when he sees it, and he shouts a pity!

In addition, this oil painting has no other damage, and it is still in good condition. It is not seriously damaged and cannot be repaired as rumored!

God knows how Thompson got his hands on this famous painting. Have to admire!

"However, from today, this famous painting belongs to my buddies, and no one wants to take it away!"

Ye Tian said to himself in his heart, Absolutely!

Of course, it is not impossible for the Italian National Cultural Relics Protection Center to take it back, it depends on how much you are prepared to pay!

If the price paid can not satisfy the buddies, then stay where it is cool!

You must know that the valuation of this famous painting was as high as 20 million US dollars N years ago, let alone now, it is definitely a crazy sky-high price!

After admiring this famous painting again, Ye Tian Fang reluctantly shifted his gaze and looked at another famous painting in the bedroom.

It is also a top-notch work of art, with infinite charm!

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