Round 2: Tossup 16

This artist depicted two prisoners watching behind bars while a silver platter is lowered onto the ground for a decapitated head. A tondo by this artist (10[1])depicting blood spraying out of a different decapitated head has an unusually green background. (10[1])This artist’s relationship with Mario Minniti inspired homoerotic interpretations of his paintings like Bacchus and Boy with a Basket of Fruit. (10[1])This artist, who may have died from an infected sword wound in a bar fight, depicted a tax collector in a beam of light (10[1])pointing at himself in a 1600 painting that exemplifies his tenebrism. For 10 points, name this Italian Baroque master of light who painted The Calling of St. Matthew. ■END■

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