Was caravaggio gay

Michelangelo Merisi (), better known as Caravaggio, wasn’t just a notorious gay artist, but the leader of a veritable queer artistic revolution who enjoyed breaking the rules of traditional iconography while refusing to follow the teachings all artists were given. One of the aspects that best describe his character was his particular proclivity for choosing street boys and.

But even if Caravaggio weren't gay, his work and the centuries of debate over his private life are enough to make him a gay icon in his own right. In honor of the artist's death years ago.