Chronology of works by Caravaggio

The following is a list of paintings by the Italian artist Caravaggio, listed chronologically.^[1]

List of paintings

Painting	Name	Year	Technique	Dimensions	City	Gallery	Notes
	Boy Peeling a Fruit	1592 c.	Oil on canvas	64.2 x 51.4 cm	Florence	Fondazione Roberto Longhi	Earliest known work [2]
	Boy Peeling a Fruit	1593 c.	Oil on canvas	75.5 x 64.4 cm	London	Hampton Court Palace - The Royal Collection	Attributed
	Young Sick Bacchus	1593 c.	Oil on canvas	67 x 53 cm	Rome	Borghese	[3]
	Boy with a Basket of Fruit	1593 c.	Oil on canvas	70 x 67 cm	Rome	Borghese
	Fortune Teller	1594 c.	Oil on canvas	115 x 150 cm	Rome	Capitoline Museums
	Cardsharps	1594 c.	Oil on canvas	94.2 x 131.2 cm	Fort Worth	Kimbell Art Museum
	Musicians	1595 c.	Oil on canvas	87.9 x 115.9 cm	New York City	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy	1595 c.	Oil on canvas	93.9 x 129.5 cm	Hartford	Wadsworth Atheneum
	Boy Bitten by a Lizard	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	66 x 49.5 cm	London	National Gallery
	Lute Player	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	96 x 121 cm	Gloucestershire	Badminton House
	Lute Player	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	94 x 119 cm	Saint Petersburg	Hermitage Museum
	Lute Player	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	100 x 126,5 cm	New York City	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Basket of Fruit	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	46 x 64 cm	Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana
	Bacchus	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	95 x 85 cm	Florence	Uffizi	[4]
	Penitent Magdalene	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	122.5 x 98.5 cm	Rome	Doria Pamphilj Gallery	[4]
	Rest on the Flight into Egypt	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	133.5 x 166.5 cm	Rome	Doria Pamphilj Gallery	[4] [5]
	Medusa	1597 c.	Oil on canvas over convex poplar wood shield	60 x 55 cm	Florence	Uffizi	[4]
	Portrait of a Courtesan	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	66 x 53 cm	Berlin	Kaiser Friedrich Museum	Destroyed in 1945
	Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto	1597 c.	Ceiling fresco in oil	300 x 180 cm	Rome	Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi,
	Fortune Teller	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	99 x 131 cm	Paris	Musée du Louvre
	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	173 x 133 cm	Madrid	Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
	Sacrifice of Isaac	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	116 x 173 cm	Princeton	Barbara Piasecka-Johnson Collection
	John the Baptist	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	169 x 112 cm	Toledo	Cathedral Museum
	Martha and Mary Magdalene	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	97.8 x 132.7 cm	Detroit	Detroit Institute of Arts,
	Portrait of Maffeo Barberini	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	124 x 99 cm	Florence	Private Collection
	Judith Beheading Holofernes	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	145 x 195 cm	Rome	Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica	[6]
	David and Goliath	1599 c.	Oil on canvas	110 x 91 cm	Madrid	Prado
	Narcissus	1599 c.	Oil on canvas	110 x 92 cm	Rome	Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
	Boy Bitten by a Lizard	1600 c.	Oil on canvas	65.8 x 52.3 cm	Florence	Fondazione Roberto Longhi
	John the Baptist	1600 c.	Oil on canvas	102.5 x 83 cm	Basel	Öffentliche Kunstsammlung	Attributed - dubious
	Calling of Saint Matthew	1600 c.	Oil on canvas	323 x 343 cm	Rome	Contarelli Chapel
	Martyrdom of Saint Matthew	1600	Oil on canvas	323 x 343 cm	Rome	Contarelli Chapel	[7]
	Conversion of Saint Paul	1600	Oil on cypress wood	237 x 189 cm	Rome	Odescalchi Balbi Collection
	Crucifixion of Saint Peter	1601	Oil on canvas	230 x 175 cm	Rome	Cerasi Chapel
	Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus	1601	Oil on canvas	230 x 175 cm	Rome	Cerasi Chapel
	Still Life with Flowers and Fruit	1601	Oil on canvas	105 x 184 cm	Rome	Borghese	Attributed
	Supper at Emmaus	1602	Oil on canvas	139 x 195 cm	London	National Gallery	[8]
	Amor Victorious	1602	Oil on canvas	156 x 113 cm	Berlin	Gemäldegalerie,
	Saint Matthew and the Angel	1602	Oil on canvas	232 x 183 cm	Berlin	Kaiser Friedrich Museum	Destroyed in 1945
	Inspiration of Saint Matthew	1602	Oil on canvas	292 x 186 cm	Rome	Contarelli Chapel
	John the Baptist	1602	Oil on canvas	129 x 94 cm	Rome	Capitoline Museums,
	John the Baptist	1602 c.	Oil on canvas	129 x 94 cm	Rome	Doria Pamphilj Gallery
	Incredulity of Saint Thomas	1602 c.	Oil on canvas	107 x 146 cm	Potsdam	Sanssouci
	Taking of Christ	1602	Oil on canvas	133 x 169 cm	Dublin	National Gallery of Ireland
	Sacrifice of Isaac	1602	Oil on canvas	104 x 135 cm	Florence	Uffizi	[9]
	Holy Family with St. John the Baptist	1603 c.	Oil on canvas	117.5 x 96	New York City	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Entombment	1603 c.	Oil on canvas	300 x 203 cm	Vatican City	Vatican Museums	[10]
	Crowning with Thorns	1603	Oil on canvas	125 x 178 cm	Prato	Cariprato Bank	[11]
	Madonna of Loreto	1604 c.	Oil on canvas	260 x 150 cm	Rome	Sant'Agostino
	John the Baptist	1604	Oil on canvas	172.5 x 104.5 cm	Kansas City	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
	John the Baptist	1604 c.	Oil on canvas	94 x 131 cm	Rome	Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
	The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew	1604 c.	Oil on canvas	140 x 176 cm	London	Hampton Court Palace - The Royal Collection
	Christ on the Mount of Olives	1605	Oil on canvas	154 x 222 cm	Berlin	Kaiser Friedrich Museum	Destroyed in 1945
	Ecce Homo	1605 c.	Oil on canvas	128 x 103 cm	Genoa	Palazzo Rosso
	Saint Jerome in Meditation	1605 c.	Oil on canvas	118 x 81 cm	Barcelona	Santa Maria de Montserrat
	Saint Jerome Writing	1605 c.	Oil on canvas	112 x 157 cm	Rome	Borghese
	Portrait of Pope Paul V	1605	Oil on canvas	203 x 1991 cm	Rome	Borghese
	Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge	1605	Oil on canvas	87 x 135 cm	Rome	Borghese
	Madonna and Child with St. Anne	1606	Oil on canvas	292 x 211 cm	Rome	Borghese	[12]
	Death of the Virgin	1601-1606	Oil on canvas	369 x 245 cm	Paris	Musée du Louvre
	Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy	1606	Oil on canvas	106.5 x 91 cm	Rome	Private collection
	Saint Francis in Meditation	1606 c.	Oil on canvas	130 × 90 cm	Cremona	pinacoteca del Museo Civico
	Supper at Emmaus	1606	Oil on canvas	141 x 175 cm	Milan	Brera Fine Arts Academy
	Seven Works of Mercy	1607	Oil on canvas	390 x 260 cm	Naples	Pio Monte della Misericordia	[13]
	Crucifixion of Saint Andrew	1607	Oil on canvas	202.5 x 152.7 cm	Cleveland	Cleveland Museum of Art
	David with the Head of Goliath	1607	Oil on wood	90.5 x 116 cm	Vienna	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Madonna of the Rosary (Madonna del Rosario)	1607	Oil on canvas	364.5 x 249.5 cm	Vienna	Kunsthistorisches Museum	[14]
	Crowning with Thorns	1607	Oil on canvas	127 x 165.5 cm	Vienna	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Flagellation of Christ	1607 c.	Oil on canvas	390 x 260 cm	Naples	Museo di Capodimonte
	Christ at the Column	1607 c.	Oil on canvas	134.5 x 175.5 cm	Rouen	Musée des Beaux-Arts	[15]
	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist	1607 c.	Oil on canvas	90.5 x 167 cm	London	National Gallery
	Saint Jerome Writing	1607	Oil on canvas	117 x 157 cm	Valletta	St. John's Co-Cathedral
	Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page	1608	Oil on canvas	195 x 134 cm	Paris	Musée du Louvre
	Portrait of Fra Antionio Martelli	1608	Oil on canvas	118.5 x 95.5 cm	Florence	Pitti Palace
	Beheading of Saint John the Baptist	1608	Oil on canvas	361 x 520 cm	Valletta	St. John's Co-Cathedral	[16]
	Sleeping Cupid	1608	Oil on canvas	71 x 105 cm	Florence	Pitti Palace
	John the Baptist	1608	Oil on canvas	100 x 73 cm	Valetta	Collezione Bonello	Disputed
	Annunciation	1608	Oil on canvas	285 x 205 cm	Nancy	Musée des Beaux-Arts
	Burial of Saint Lucy	1608	Oil on canvas	408 x 300 cm	Syracuse	Bellomo Palace Museum	[17]
	Raising of Lazarus	1609	Oil on canvas	380 x 275 cm	Messina	Museo Regionale	[18]
	Adoration of the Shepherds	1609	Oil on canvas	314 x 211 cm	Messina	Museo Regionale
	Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence	1609	Oil on canvas	268 x 197 cm	Palermo	Church of San Lorenzo	Stolen in 1969
	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist	1609	Oil on canvas	116 x 140 cm	Madrid	Royal Palace of Madrid
	Tooth Puller	1609	Oil on canvas	139.5 x 194.5 cm	Florence	Pitti Palace	Attributed
	Denial of Saint Peter	1610	Oil on canvas	94 x 125 cm	New York City	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Saint Francis in Prayer	1610 c.	Oil on canvas	130 x 90 cm	Rome	Church of San Pietro in Carpineto Romano, currently in deposit at the Gallery of Ancient Art, Palazzo Barberini
	John the Baptist	1610 - c.	Oil on canvas	159 x 124 cm	Rome	Borghese
	David with the Head of Goliath	1610	Oil on canvas	125 x 101 cm	Rome	Borghese	[19]
	John the Baptist	1610	Oil on canvas	159 x 124 cm	Munich	private collection	Attributed
	Martyrdom of Saint Ursula	1610	Oil on canvas	106 x 179.5 cm	Naples	Galleria di Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano	Last known work

Footnotes

1. ^ Spike, John T. Caravaggio. New York : Abbeville Press, 2001: p.253-54
2. ^ Hibbard, Howard (1983). Caravaggio. Westview Press. pp. 15–17. ISBN 0064301281. http://books.google.com/books?id=SwLpTgpjAVYC&pg=PA388&dq=Caravaggio+Chronology&cad=1#PPA15,M1. 
3. ^ Art Renewal Center
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Robb, Peter (2001). M: The Man who Became Caravaggio. Macmillan. p. 501. ISBN 0312274742.  Available here
5. ^ Art Renewal Center
6. ^ Art Renewal Center
7. ^ Art Renewal Center
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10. ^ Art Renewal Center
11. ^ Art Renewal Center
12. ^ Official Borghese Gallery Wedsite entry on painting
13. ^ Art Renewal Center
14. ^ Art Renewal Center
15. ^ Art Renewal Center
16. ^ Art Renewal Center
17. ^ Art Renewal Center
18. ^ Art Renewal Center
19. ^ Official Borghese Gallery entry on David with the Head of Goliath

Further reading

• Roberto Longhi, Caravaggio. Dresden, 1968.
• Stefano Zuffi, Caravaggio : Quadrifolio. Rizzoli (Rizzoli Quadrifolio), 2001.
• Peter Robb, M : The Man Who Became Caravaggio. Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 2000.
• Alfred Moir, Caravaggio. Harry N Abrams (Masters of Art series), 1989.
• Catherine Puglisi, Caravaggio. Phaidon Press, 1998.
• John T. Spike, Caravaggio. Abbeville Press, 2001.
• Howard Hibbard, Caravaggio. Westview Press, 1985.
• Creighton E. Gilbert, Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995.
• John Gash, Caravaggio. Chaucer Press, 2004.