Member Lecture: Among Friends and Rivals—Caravaggio in Rome @artinstitutechi
Member Lecture: Among Friends and Rivals—Caravaggio in Rome @artinstitutechi
Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Known for his truculent and difficult personality, Caravaggio’s often-fraught relationships with rivals, friends, and patrons from Rome to Naples, Malta, and Sicily determined the shape of his career.

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture Rebecca Long explores how these relationships are reflected in the exhibition Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome.
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