That’s Caravaggio, in the words of commenter MLauippa in yesterday’s comments. Signor C plays a role in IT’S A WONDERFUL WOOF:
“A difficult man – he was a murderer, among other things.”
“Was he caught?” said Bernie.
“Caught?”
“Arrested. Tried. Convicted.”
Here’s his self-portrait as Goliath.
3 Comments on ““A Thug With Tremendous Talent””
Thugs with tremendous talent…it seems like there is a new goal in there for us but we just can’t name it.
I think he was well aware of his talent which made him cocky, full of hubris, belligerent and insulting. He instigated violence.
Well, he was eventually caught and punished, but not by the law. He went from juvenile delinquent to the adult equivalent. Fighting, he did murder a man and the “family” was after him. I think there was even a price on his head. He fled and moved around a bit, just one step ahead of a beating or other consequences. But he was also a brilliant artist, innovative for his time. He was quite competitive and I believe it was either Da Vinci or Michaelangelo who was envious and complained that Caravaggio “stole” ideas from him.
I’m surprised some cable network or Hollywood studio hasn’t done a series or film on his life. They wouldn’t have to make stuff up to make it a box office draw. If they could do The Tudors, The Borgias and Medici I should think Caravaggio could hold his own in a movie, mini-series or several seasons of a cable show. I saw cable as I suspect there would be rather graphic aspects that wouldn’t allow prime time broadcast, at least not in the U.S.
(Peter – I’m honored you considered my words worthy of a blog post title.)
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