Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was the foremost religious painter in Rome at the start of the Baroque period. This fully illustrated talk explores not only his masterpieces found mostly in Italy but also describes a turbulent life of passion, violence and ultimate loss. Although he was a lone artist, his works had a profound influence on many subsequent painters and despite being ignored for several centuries his paintings, particularly of religious subjects have become universally admired in the last 50 years.