Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (, , ; 28 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily from the early 1590s to 1610. His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
Roberto Longhi
Over the course of his career Longhi developed a fascination with Caravaggio and his followers. his book "Quesiti caravaggeschi" [Questions on Caravaggio] (1928–34), was followed by "Ultimi studi caravaggeschi" [Latest Caravaggio studies] (1943). In 1951, Longhi curated a ground-breaking exhibition on Caravaggio at the Royal Palace in Milan, "Mostra di Caravaggio e dei Caravaggeschi". In 1968 he authored a monograph on the artist.