Caravaggio. The Death of the Virgin. (1606). The picture was
painted for the church Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere in
Rome. As many painting of Caravaggio it was refused by the
church and was taken down to be preserved in the gallery of the
duke of Mantoue. It is Rubens who it first rediscovers it and
presents it to the public. The painting represents the anguish
of the Virgin with Maria Magdalena in tear in the foreground, in
the middle of the apostles of which St Peter and St John. The
picture is all in height (3m 69), built on the downward diagonal
from left to right. Lighting, typical of Caravaggio, is done by
a beam of light coming from in top on the left. The artist uses
a contrast between complementary, the green and the red to
highlight the body and the clothes of the Virgin. The position
of the head and the left arm of the Virgin indicates that the
life left its person. The expression afflicted and painful of
the faces of the apostles also states that there does not remain
any hope. The scene