拉斐尔最有影响力和最与众不同的追随者之一波利多罗•达•卡拉瓦乔（约1500年至1543年）并未被时间善待。他早期重要的壁画遍布罗马的宫殿外墙，几乎无一例外地消失了。虽然有极少数被保留下来，但大多数仅在副本中才为人所知。因此，波利多罗公共作品的**性几乎没被探讨过，尽管他曾经享有盛名，并与拉斐尔（Raphael）和米开朗基罗（Michelangelo）有过联系。他晚年移居西西里岛（这个地区尚无幸存的原始资源），这使得对他作品的研究变得更加复杂。这位艺术家这一时期的现存作品在内容和技巧上异常严格，它们的归属常常引起争议。在这本首次用英语出版的专著中，波利多罗激进的西西里画作是通过那个时代的宗教生活的视角以及与他早期的世俗作品的联系被探讨的。这项急需的研究确定了Polidoro波利多罗在艺术史上的地位。

Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1500–1543), one of Raphael’s most influential and distinctive followers, has not been well treated by time. His significant early frescoes, which graced exterior palace facades in Rome, have perished almost without exception. A rare few are preserved but most are known only in copies. Consequently, the originality of Polidoro’s public work has been little explored, despite his once famous reputation and the association of his name with Raphael and Michelangelo. His move to Sicily later in life, a region with few surviving primary sources, further complicates the study of his work. Extant pieces by the artist from this period are unusually severe in content and technique, and their attribution has often been controversial. In this first account in English, Polidoro’s radical Sicilian paintings are considered through the lens of the religious life of the era and in relation to his early secular work. This much-needed investigation establishes Polidoro’s proper place in the canon of art history.