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The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting by Caravaggio that depicts the moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it remains. It hangs alongside two other paintings of Matthew by Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (painted around the same time as the Calling) and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602).
Saint Matthew The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew The Inspiration of Saint Matthew moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him Rome Caravaggio San Luigi dei Francesi Matthew Contarelli Chapel