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| The first version, painted for his patron, Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani. |
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| The second version, in which the demon at left has been given a face; a spiteful caricature of Baglione's great enemy Caravaggio. |
Giovanni Baglione (1566, Rome – 30 December 1643, Rome), Late Mannerist and Early Baroque Italian painter - mainly of religious and mythological subjects - and art historian. He is perhaps best remembered for his public rivalry with and libel suit against Caravaggio.
