A lavish Italian television production dramatising the turbulent life of the Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, tracing his rise from humble origins to fame in Rome. The series explores his volatile temperament, his unconventional artistic vision, and the scandals and violence that repeatedly threatened to derail his career. His relationships with patrons, lovers, and rivals are depicted against the rich backdrop of late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century Italy.