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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	Buckingham Palace	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
	Cardsharps	1594 c.			Oxford	Ashmolean Museum pending	Very controversial attribution 4
	Musicians	1595 c.	Oil on canvas	87.9 x 115.9 cm	New York	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy	1595 c.	Oil on canvas	93.9 x 129.5 cm	Hartford	Wadsworth Atheneum
	Saint Francis in Meditation	1595 c.	Oil on canvas	130 × 90 cm	Rome	Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
	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	100 x 126.5cm	New York	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Bacchus	1596 c.	Oil on canvas	95 x 85 cm	Florence	Uffizi	5
	Penitent Magdalene	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	122.5 x 98.5 cm	Rome	Doria Pamphilj Gallery	5
	Rest on the Flight into Egypt	1597 c.	Oil on canvas	133.5 x 166.5 cm	Rome	Doria Pamphilj Gallery	5 6
	Medusa	1597 c.	Oil on canvas over convex poplar wood shield	60 x 55 cm	Florence	Uffizi	5
	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	Louvre
	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	1598 c.	Oil on canvas	173 x 133 cm	Madrid	Thyssen-Bornemisza
	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	Museo Tesoro Catedralico
	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	7
	Basket of Fruit	1599 c.	Oil on canvas	46 x 64 cm	Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana
	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
	Lute Player	1600	Oil on canvas	119 x 94 cm	Saint Petersburg	Hermitage
	John the Baptist	1600 c.	Oil on canvas	102.5 x 83 cm	Basel	Öffentliche Kunstsammlung	Attributed
	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	8
	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	9
	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	10
	Saint Francis in Prayer	1603 c.	Oil on canvas	130 x 98 cm	Rome	Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini
	Holy Family with St. John the Baptist	1603 c.	Oil on canvas	117.5 x 96	New York	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Entombment	1603 c.	Oil on canvas	300 x 203 cm	Rome	Vatican Museums	11
	Crowning with Thorns	1603	Oil on canvas	125 x 178 cm	Prato	Cariprato Bank	12
	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
	Death of the Virgin	1604	Oil on canvas	369 x 245 cm	Paris	Louvre
	Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew	1604 c.	Oil on canvas	140 x 176 cm	London	Buckingham Palace
	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	13
	Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy	1606	Oil on canvas	106.5 x 91 cm	Rome	Private collection
	Saint Francis in Prayer	1606	Oil on canvas	130 x 90 cm	Cremona	Pinacoteca Civica
	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	14
	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	15
	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	16
	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	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	17
	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	18
	Raising of Lazarus	1609	Oil on canvas	380 x 275 cm	Messina	Museo Regionale	19
	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	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	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	20
	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

References

• John Gash, Caravaggio (2003), ISBN 1-904449-22-0
• Peter Robb, M (1998), ISBN 0-312-27474-2, ISBN 0-7475-4858-7
• John T. Spike, Caravaggio (2001), Abbeville Publishing Group (Abbeville Press, Inc.), ISBN 0789206390

Footnotes

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.