Caravaggio Art Works and Life Locations Walking Tour with PhD Guide

Overview

If you're an art lover or curious to know more about the life and masterpieces of Caravaggio, then this 2.5-hour walking tour your professional art historian guide, is for you. Throughout the tour you'll see 'in situ' pieces, which mean they were designed specifically for this location. Meet your guide outside the Santa Maria del Popolo Church. Walk through the Tridente neighborhood where Caravaggio resided in the15th century and on to the church of St. Louis of the French. Here you can admire the artist's work on the altarpiecec in the Contarelli Chapel, which displays paintings of St. Matthew's life. Take a look at the Madonna of Loreto, one of his most famous paintings, which he donated to the Sant’Agostino church. This tour is customizable and can include a visit to see his other works in Rome.