... paintings were very significant in launching his career. Caravaggio's early work depicted evocative pictures of young boys done up as angels, his favorite saint, John the Baptist, still-life's, genre scenes, and self portraits. His only known assistant was Cecco, who often appears in Caravaggio's work and is ... , he tried stopping in Naples and eventually made it to Malta, trying to gain influence over the Frand Master of Knights Hospitaller of St. John so he had somewhere to stay. Luckily, he was accepted into their court because they loved his work until a dispute in 1608 expelled hi...

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