Caravaggio in Malta: The Master Takes Refuge

Condemned to death in Rome for murder, Caravaggio took refuge in Valletta in 1607. He spent a year in the Maltese capital where he painted one of his most beautiful canvases, the Beheading of St John the Baptist

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<p>Condemned to death in Rome for murder, Caravaggio took refuge in Valletta in 1607. He spent a year in the Maltese capital where he painted one of his most beautiful canvases, the Beheading of St John the Baptist</p>

Condemned to death in Rome for murder, Caravaggio took refuge in Valletta in 1607.

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