Why it matters
Christ restores Lazarus to life. Caravaggio painted it in Messina after fleeing Malta, for the church of the Padri Crociferi, commissioned by the Genoese merchant Giovanni Battista de' Lazzari.
Did you know?
- It was completed around 1609.
- Caravaggio fled Malta in August 1608.
- His friend Mario Minniti helped him obtain commissions in Sicily.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Raising of Lazarus (Caravaggio) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
