Caravaggio is one of the most famous Italian painters, the founder and one of the important founders of the Baroque school, and has a great influence on Baroque art.

In addition, he led the Caravaggio School, and his short stay in Naples led to the birth of the famous Neapolitan Caravaggio School!

The later Caravaggio school in Utrecht was also heavily influenced by Caravaggio's work!

When the painters of the Caravaggio school in Utrecht left Rome and returned to the north, they had an important influence on many famous painters in northern Europe.

In the history of European art, Caravaggio has a very important position, and his oil paintings are admired and collected by countless people!

Someone even spoke highly of it: "Caravaggio's work marks the beginning of modern painting!"

In the opinion of the famous critic Longi, without Caravaggio, there would be no Ribera, Vermeer, La Tours and Rembrandt! Without him, Delacroix, Courbet and Mane would be completely different.

Bernard Berenson, an authority on Italian Renaissance art, fully agrees.

He once said of Caravaggio: "There is no Italian painter other than Michelangelo who has had such an influence!"

Caravaggio's life is intoxicating, dangerous, and full of mystery!

In Rome at the beginning of the seventeenth century, he was not only a well-known and highly regarded artist, but also a savior of art!

The earliest account of him appears in 1604, and the material describes his lifestyle about three years earlier.

"He only needs to work for two weeks, and he can swagger around with his sword for a month or two, and the servants follow him, from one court to another, always ready to quarrel and fight, so it is very embarrassing to be with him!"

It is this aggressive personality that makes his artistic career very bumpy!

Even at the peak of his career, Caravaggio spent most of his life on the road to the end of the world.

In 1606, he had to flee Rome after he killed a young man in a battle and was offered a reward for his head.

In 1608, he was involved in another feud in Malta and was thrown into prison by the Maltese authorities, but he managed to escape from Malta and to Naples.

Then, in 1609, there was another bloody battle in Naples, when an unknown rival vowed to take his life, and then fled!

In the end, Caravaggio completely played himself to death in this dangerous and desperate life!

In 1610, after just over a decade as a painter, Caravaggio died at the age of 39!

Although his career as a painter was very short, he left behind many immortal works that shine brightly!

The painting "St. Francis, St. Lawrence and the Nativity" in front of me was created by him in 1608, during the most difficult period of his life!

In this painting, the nativity is given a gloomy atmosphere, and the expressions of the figures are solemn, which is the complete opposite of the usual paintings that praise the joy of the nativity.

And that's exactly what Caravaggio wanted to express, to express his concern about the heightened uncertainty of humanity's future, just as he was in the same situation and fate as he was at the time!

In Caravaggio's writing, Christ and many of the sages became commoners.

They have bare muscles and bones, thick eyebrows and big eyes, unshaven beards, and ragged clothes, and there is no brilliance in the creation of the previous masters.

He painted all the sages in the picture of fishermen, peasants, workers, and vagabonds, and he claimed to bring these lower classes into the church.

And he did just that, and many of his works are now in churches!

After Caravaggio's death, St. Francis, St. Lawrence and the Nativity of Jesus was kept in the Chapel of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Sicily, for admiration and appreciation.

It wasn't until 1969 that two thieves broke into the chapel and stole the famous painting!

For the sake of convenience, the two thieves directly cut the famous painting with a paper cutter and abandoned the frame!

In the decades that followed, this famous painting was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no news!

However, around this famous painting and this case, there have been countless rumors circulating in the market for decades.

Some people say that the Italian mafia robbed the famous painting, and due to careless protection of the painting, it caused serious damage to the famous painting, and it is impossible to restore it.

After that, the painting was run over by many people, and I don't know where it has gone!

According to the Italian police and the Italian National Center for Cultural Relics Protection, it is very likely that this famous painting is still in the hands of a certain leader of the Sicilian mafia!

It is also said that the famous painting was stolen by two amateur collectors in Palermo, and after a bloody and bloody battle, it finally fell into the hands of the Sicilian mafia.

And the mafia leader who got this famous painting put this famous painting and millions of dollars, as well as a few kilograms of heroin, in a large iron box, buried it in the ground, and never disappeared!

In addition, there are many other rumors, almost all of which are related to the Sicilian mafia, and it has become a consensus that this famous painting is in the hands of the mafia.

Since the theft of this famous painting, the Italian police and the Italian National Cultural Heritage Conservation Center have never given up the investigation, and they have also put up a huge reward!

It's a pity that decades have passed, and they still haven't found much of it, not even much valuable information! The chances of Caravaggio's famous painting seeing the light of day seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer!

But who would have thought that this famous painting is not in Sicily, but in Boston, USA, in the living room of a pastor of the Old North Church, it hangs so grandly, and the surface is only covered with a special layer of paint!

At the edge of this famous painting, the traces of the paper cutter are clearly visible, and Ye Tian's heart trembles when he sees it, and he shouts pity!

In addition, there is no other damage to this painting, it is still well preserved, and it is not as badly damaged and irreparable as it is rumored!

God knows how Thompson got his hands on this famous painting, it's really hand-eyed!

"However, from today on, this famous painting belongs to buddies, and no one wants to take it away!"

Ye Tian said secretly in his heart, categorical!

Of course, it is not impossible for the Italian National Centre for Cultural Heritage Conservation to take it back, and it depends on how much you are prepared to pay!

If the price paid can't satisfy the buddy, then stay cool!

You know, this famous painting was estimated at $20 million N years ago, not to mention now, it's definitely a crazy sky-high price!

Admiring this famous painting again, Ye Tianfang reluctantly shifted his gaze and looked at another famous painting in the bedroom.

It's also a top-notch work of art, and it's fascinating!