It was only in the second half of the 20th century, thanks to the work of art historians, that the name of Caravaggio imposed itself on the general public as one of the most legendary in painting.
While the works gradually rediscovered were raised to the level of those of a Michelangelo or a Rembrandt, the detail of a life as sulphurous as it was adventurous, violent and tragically short (39 years), in particular known from the archives of several trials, appeared.
It did not count for little in the fascination for the painter.
Result: today, Caravaggio comes in a thousand more or less free biographies, in documentaries or television serials.
Although only presumed, the face of the Lombard born Michelangelo Merisi, in 1571, still appeared on postage stamps, on banknotes, and this not only in Italy.
Even the comic strip went there of its sum (Milo Manara, two volumes at Glénat).
Cinema could not be outdone.
Who, from Pasolini to Scorsese, has…
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