本名はミケランジェロ・メリージで、家族の出身地カラヴァッジョ村の名前でよばれています。ローマで、まっ暗な背景にスポットライトのような強い光を当てる、劇的な描き方で大人気になりました。聖人も、町で見かけるふつうの人をモデルにして描きました。しかし短気な性格で事件を起こしてローマを逃げ出し、各地を転々としたすえ、38歳で亡くなりました。
His real name was Michelangelo Merisi. He is called Caravaggio after the village his family came from. In Rome, he became very popular for his dramatic style: strong light like a spotlight against a dark background. He even used ordinary people from the streets as models for saints. But he had a fierce temper. After a serious incident, he fled Rome and moved from place to place. He died at 38.
