Indirectly, Pietro Paolini's artistic style was heavily influenced by Caravaggio. First, his father sent him from his home in Tuscany to study in Rome with an Italian follower of Caravaggio. While there, young Paolini was also influenced by the northern European followers of another Italian imitator of Caravaggio. Though undated, the style of the Getty Museum's Paolini painting locates it in this
