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Lives of Caravaggio holiday a subject that continues toGiulio Mancini, Giovanni Baglione, and Giovanni Pietro Bellori The most notorious Italian painter of his day, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610) forever altered the course of Western painting with his artistic ingenuity and audacity. This volume presents the most important early biographies of his life: an account by his doctor, Giulio Mancini; another by one of his artistic rivals, Giovanni Baglione; and a later profile by Giovanni Pietro