''Saint Matthew and the Angel'' is an oil on canvas painting by

Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480–1485 – after 1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use ...

, executed ''c.'' 1530-1535, depicting Saint Matthew, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in

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. It was a major influence on the young

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

. Originally produced for a private '

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' or for the Zecca in Milan, it is one of the nocturnes for which Savoldo is most famous. X-ray photography shows a drawing of a woman on the right half. Pierluigi De Vecchi and Elda Cerchiari, ''I tempi dell'arte'', volume 2, Bompiani, Milano 1999.

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1535 paintings Paintings by Girolamo Savoldo Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Paintings of Matthew the Apostle Angels in art {{16C-painting-stub