Musee d'Art Modern Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France

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Calling of Saint Matthew, Jesus points at St. Matthew sitting at a table of men playing a game with coins at a table., c. 1620

 Item — Box 294: [Barcode: 30081049760816]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s42-i0671
Scope and Contents Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.DUTC.0652; Public Notes: From the Malraux Museum: The Calling of Saint Matthew, painted by Caravaggio in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, inspired three of ter Brugghen’s compositions. The work in Le Havre, undoubtedly painted around 1620, borrows from the Italian master the motif of Christ calling Levi, the tax collector who becomes Saint Matthew, to abandon everything and join the apostles. The...
Dates: c. 1620
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive / Dutch/Dutch School (DUTC)

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