Sleeping Angel Pastel Figure Painting of Man

Pastel on Pastel Paper 18 x 24 inches Available, Framed Without Mat, with Glass Sleeping Angel ~ Original Pastel Painting       I had never heard of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) before coming to Italy and, for the first time, attending art history lectures.  Although I was unsuccessful in my attempt to see some of Caravaggio's original paintings in a huge exhibit in Roma a couple of years ago, I did get down to that city recently and saw a couple.  But also, here in Firenze, Italia, we have the Palazzo Pitti with its family of museums.  It was inside the Pitti that I became a fan of Caravaggio's Sleeping Cupid (shown below), painted in 1608.      I have been working with the theme of light emerging from darkness for a while now.  It never ceases to make me feel something strong and intimate.  Caravaggio's "Sleeping Cupid" is one of his most monochromatic works (another quality I enjoy) and I have always been struck by the way he portrayed the wings, especially th