The Musicians, ca. 1595, Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in. (92. 1 x 118. 4 cm), Paintings, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571?1610 Porto Ercole), Trained in Lombardy, Caravaggio moved to Rome around 1592, and he initially made his reputation with a number of realistic paintings of half-length figures, such as this one. This canvas was painted for his first great patron, Cardinal Francesco del Monte