The Shadow and the Light: The Life of Bartolomeo Cavarozzi In the dramatic, sun-drenched corridors of the Italian Baroque, few names evoke the visceral tension of light and shadow quite like Bartolomeo Cavarozzi. Born in Viterbo in 1587, Cavarozzi emerged as a vital pulse within the Caravaggisti movement, a group of painters who sought to capture the raw, unvarnished truth of human existence through the revolutionary lens of Caravaggio. While history often casts him in the shadow of his mentors, Cavarozzi possessed a singular, luminous voice that allowed him to transcend mere imitation, carv…