Michelangelo merisi da caravaggio (1571-1610) was a famous Italian painter from the end of16 to the beginning of 17. His artistic career began after the death of the masters in the heyday of the Italian Renaissance. He is an outstanding realistic painter in Italy. He studied painting under Milan painter Pedro Chano, inherited the tradition of realistic folk painting in northern Italy, and was influenced by Venetian painting school. He was active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily from 1593 to 16 10.