Other Paintings of The Same Topic
There are many other early modern representations of the calling of Matthew. Two were painted prior to Caravaggio's but it is unlikely that Caravaggio would have encountered them.
- Carpaccio's version in the Accademia in Venice .
- Marinus van Reymerswaele's version (1536) .
- Giovanni Lanfranco's derivative version (1626–28) .
- Spanish painter Juan de La Pareja's version (1661) found in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
- Hendrick ter Brugghen .
- Bernardo Strozzi's version (1620) in the Art Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts .
- Other related paintings of cardsharps include the Caravaggisti depiction of Valentin de Boulogne in the National Gallery of Art .
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