Caravaggio exhibit opens in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas — Works by Italian artist Caravaggio (kehr-uh-VAHJ'-ee-oh) will be displayed along with pieces by those influenced by him in an exhibit opening in Fort Worth.

"Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome" opens Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum. The exhibit runs through Jan. 8. It features 10 works by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and more than 40 works from artists including Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour and Peter Paul Rubens.

The exhibit, previously on display at the National Gallery of Canada, is making its only U.S. stop in Fort Worth.

Caravaggio's dramatic paintings are noted for the swaths of light that illuminate his subjects against dark backgrounds and his realistic subjects, often based on live models.

He died in July 1610 at the age of 38.