ROCKY'S ITALY: Rome - Caravaggio's "Madonna of Loreto"

Located in the Augustinian church of Sant ’Agostino in Rome, Italy, the “Madonna of Loreto” is one of Caravaggio’s most beautiful paintings. It was painted for the Cavalletti family in 1604 and depicts a barefoot Virgin Mary (who was modeled from a well-known prostitute) standing in a rundown contemporary Roman doorway carrying the Christ child who blesses two poor pilgrims. The stark realism and lack of pretense made it very popular amongst the masses, who, according to one of Caravaggio’s biographers, “made a great cackle over it.”

** NOTES AND RESOURCES **
1. DR. ROCKY'S ITALY TV: rockyruggiero....
2. UPCOMING EVENTS: rockyruggiero.com
3. ROCKY'S PODCAST | "REBUILDING THE RENAISSANCE" [available in all major podcast platforms] and rockyruggiero....
** QUESTION ** Have a question about this Video, Art History, European History, Italian Culture or Anything Else? Post in comments section of this video!
** COME SAY HI! **
Website: rockyruggiero.com
Instagram: / ruggieroroc. .
Facebook: / rockyruggier. .
LinkedIn: / rocky-rug. .
Twitter: / rockyruggiero
And make sure you SUBSCRIBE to my channel!
#rome #madonnaofloreto #santagostino #caravaggio #italy #ArtHistory #History #italia #renaissance #rinascimento #travel #europe #rockyruggiero #culture #highrenaissance #italianarthistory

[@jeanneamato8278]

One if the loveliest I’ve seen. So realistic looking, with a Christ child that actually looks like a child. The Madonna’s face is so calmingly beautiful.

[@rollingstones911]

So many beautiful churches in Rome.

[@Steve-Duh-Rino]

One of my favorite Caravaggio’s I’ve ever seen. I call this the ‘Haughty Madonna’ since it is so unlike creepy pious looking renditions done by most artists at that time. He also excelled in painting another realistic rendition of the Madonna in ‘Death of the Virgin’ though I have yet to view it in person. Hopefully one day!