The Calling of St Matthew

The Calling of Saint Matthew
Italian: Vocazione di San Matteo
Artist	Caravaggio
Year	1599–1600
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	322 cm × 340 cm (127 in × 130 in)
Location	San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting by Caravaggio that depicts the moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it remains. It hangs alongside two other paintings of Matthew by Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (painted around the same time as the Calling) and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602).