Writing
He published two books, The nine churches of Rome (1639) and The Lives of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers (active from 1572–1642)(1642). The latter is still seen as an important historical source for artists living in Rome during the lifetime of Baglione.
Among those whom he chronicled, and for whom he was notorious in his animosity towards, was Caravaggio. Baglione's Sacred love versus profane love, a response to Caravaggio's Love Victorious, shows an angel (Sacred Love) interrupting a 'meeting' between Cupid (Profane Love) and the Devil (portrayed with the face of Caravaggio). Ironically, Baglione was greatly influenced by the style of Caravaggio during this period of his career. In late August 1603 Baglione filed a suit for libel against Caravaggio, Orazio Gentileschi, Ottavio Leoni, and Filipo Trisegni in connection with some unflattering poems circulated around Rome over the preceding summer. Caravaggios testimony during the trial as recorded in court documents is one of the few insights into his thoughts about the subject of art and his contemporaries. Caravaggio was found guilty and held in the Tor di Nona prison for two weeks after the trial.
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