HD digital reproductions of Caravaggio’s works on show at the National Visual Arts Gallery

Caravaggio’s Chiamata DI Matteo (The Calling Of Matthew) (oil on canvas, 1599-1600). Photo: The Star/Low Lay Phon

It is not always interesting to imagine the artist behind the painting.

But in the case of Italian painter Caravaggio, tales of his wild escapades and propensity for getting on the wrong side of the law, would be enough to pique the interest of even a casual passer-by, or at least raise a few eyebrows.