Despite a short life marred by brawls, arrests and even murder, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, better known simply as ...

This is probably the best inclusion of a Caravaggio work in the series, the painting of the story of David and the giant Goliath, which Tom visits in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Tom wanders ...

What makes it striking is its autobiographical undertone; Goliath’s severed head bears an uncanny resemblance to Caravaggio’s own, while David mirrors his younger visage. “The young ...