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Key facts
Boy bitten by a Lizard
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1595-1600
Artist
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Artist dates
1571 - 1610
Full title
Boy bitten by a Lizard
Date made
1595-1600
Medium and support
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66 x 49.5 cm
Acquisition credit
Bought with the aid of a contribution from the J. Paul Getty Jr Endowment Fund, 1986
Inventory number
NG6504
Location in Gallery
Room 32
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Technical Bulletin: Three Paintings by Caravaggio
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN
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