Bartolomeo Manfredi was known throughout Italy and beyond as Caravaggio’s closest follower. More than simply copying Caravaggio’s style, Manfredi reinterpreted his subjects and rendered new ones, while drawing upon and propagating Caravaggesque naturalism and dramatic use of chiaroscuro. Manfredi learned the principles of painting in Northern Italy, between Milan, Cremona, and Brescia, and moved t
