,
4 tweets,
1 min read
Read on Twitter
Caravaggio was a brilliant artist, but he was one with a short temper. Much of his early troubles are not recorded, but once his reputation as an artist grew, his rap sheet did as well. Between 1600 and 1606 his name appeared in police records no less than fourteen times. 
In 1606, things went a little differently for Caravaggio when the results of a tennis match turned ugly. He and his opponent got into an argument which turned into a brawl which resulted in Caravaggio being badly wounded
and his opponent, Ranuccio Tomassoni, being killed at the hand of Caravaggio. Though wounded, Caravaggio went on the run, moving from city to city outside the jurisdiction of the Papal authorities in Rome.
Find out more here: caravaggiogallery.com/criminal-recor…
