The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula: How Caravaggio's violent 17th Century paintings led to Goodfellas and Mean Streets

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula: How Caravaggio's violent 17th Century paintings led to Goodfellas and Mean Streets Archivio Patrimonio Artistico Intesa Sanpaolo: Foto Luciano Pedicini, Napoli As the record crowds flocking to see his last painting show, Caravaggio's violent life and the cinematic intensity of his work have proved to be irresistible for centuries. Caravaggio's last painting, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, is a neat distillation of everything that made the Italian artist such a unique, and enduringly fascinating figure, perhaps the most influential artist who ever lived. Archivio Patrimonio Artistico Intesa Sanpaolo: Foto Luciano Pedicini, Napoli The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, a distillation of everything that made the artist influential The drama of Caravaggio's last years can be seen to play out in both the form and content of the work. For The Last Temptation of Christ, Scorsese said "the idea was to do Jesus like Caravaggio," but the artist's influence on him goes back to the 1970s.