Caravaggio is one of the most famous painters in Italy, the founder of the Baroque School and one of the important founders, 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 Caravaggio School of Painting in Naples!

Later, the Caravaggio School of Painting in Udrecht was also deeply influenced by Caravaggio's works!

When the painters of the Caravaggio School of Utrecht 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 have been praised and collected by countless people!

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

In the view of the famous painting critic Longji, without Caravaggio, there would be no Ribera, Fmer, La Tour and Rembrandt! Without him, Delacroix, Courbet and Mane would be completely different.

Bernard Berenson, an authoritative figure in Italian Renaissance art, also fully agrees with this statement.

He once commented on Caravaggio: "No Italian painter except Michelangelo has such a great influence!"

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

In Rome in the early seventeenth century, he was not only a well-known artist, but also a highly regarded artist, but also a savior of art! He was also a very combative swordsman, gladiator, and a contradictory complex!

The earliest review of him was found in 1604, and the material described his lifestyle about three years ago.

"He only needs to do two weeks of work to sway through swords for a month or two, and his servants follow him from one court to another, always preparing to quarrel and fight, so he is extremely embarrassed with him!"

It is this aggressive personality that has made his artistic career very bumpy!

Even at the peak of his creative career, Caravaggio's time was on the road to despair.

In 1606, he killed a young man in a fight and was rewarded with a head on his neck, so he had to flee from Rome.

In 1608, he was involved in another battle in Malta and was thrown into prison by the Malta authorities, but he successfully escaped from Malta and fled to Naples.

In 1609, there was another bloody battle in Naples. An unknown person vowed to his head to take his life, and then fled!

In the end, Caravaggio completely killed himself in this life of crisis and despair!

In 1610, after only a little over ten years of his career as a painter, Caravaggio passed away and was only 39 years old when he died!

Although his career as a painter was very short, he left behind many immortal works, shining with glory! It had an extremely profound impact on European art in later generations!

The painting "St. Francis, St. Lawrence and the Birth of Jesus" in front of him was created by him in 1608 during the most difficult period of his life!

In this oil painting, the birth of Jesus is given a gloomy atmosphere, with the solemn expressions of the characters, which are completely opposite to the usual paintings that praise the joy of the birth of Jesus.

And this is exactly what Caravaggio wanted to express, he wanted to express concerns about the prospects of mankind, just like his own situation and destiny at that time!

In Caravaggio's writings, Christ and many sages became civilians.

They had exposed muscles, thick eyebrows and big eyes, unshaven beards and ragged clothes, and they did not have the glamor of their creations at all.

All the sages painted by fishermen, peasants, workers, and homeless men, and he claimed to bring these lower classes into the church.

And he did this, and many of his works were collected in the church in later generations!

After Caravaggio's death, this painting "Saint Francis, St. Lawrence and the Birth of Jesus" has been collected in the Chapel of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Sicily for people to admire and appreciate.

It was not until 1969 that two thieves broke into the chapel and stole the famous painting!

For convenience, the two thieves cut off the famous painting with paper cutters and left the frame!

In the decades since then, this famous painting was like a mud cow entering the sea, without any news!

However, there have been countless rumors circulating in the market over the past few decades around this famous painting.

Some people say that the Italian mafia robbed the famous painting. Due to careless care of the painting, it caused serious damage to the famous painting and could not be repaired.

After that, the painting turned into many people's hands and no longer knew where it had been wandering!

According to the Italian police and the Italian National Cultural Heritage Protection Center, this famous painting is likely to be in the hands of a leader of the Sicily Mafia!

Some people also say that this famous painting was stolen by two amateur collectors of Palermo. After some open and secret struggles and bloody struggles, it finally fell into the hands of the Sicily Mafia.

Before being arrested, the mafia leader who obtained this famous painting put the famous painting, millions of dollars and several kilograms of heroin in a large iron box, buried it underground, and disappeared from now on!

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

Since the famous painting was stolen, the Italian police and the Italian National Cultural Relics Protection Center have never given up on investigation and have also posted huge rewards!

Unfortunately, decades have passed, and they still have nothing to find, and they have not even found much valuable information! The chances of this famous painting of Caravaggio seem to be getting less and less likely to see the light of day again!

But who would have thought that this famous painting was not in Sicily, but in Boston, USA, in the living room of a pastor in the Old North Church, it was hung openly, with only a layer of special pigment on the surface!

On the edge of this famous painting, the traces of the cutting knife were clearly visible, which made Ye Tian tremble and screamed that it was a pity!

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

God knows how Thompson got this famous painting. He is so smart! I have to admire it!

"But, from today on, this famous painting will belong to my buddy, and no one can take it away!"

Ye Tian said in his heart, decisively!

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

If the price you pay cannot satisfy your buddy, then stay wherever you are cool!

You know, the estimated price of this famous painting was as high as 20 million US dollars N years ago, not to mention now, it is definitely a crazy sky-high price!

After admiring this famous painting again, Ye Tian reluctantly changed his gaze and looked at another famous painting in the bedroom.
Chapter completed!