Caravaggio and DDS

John Bjarne Grover

This is an excerpt from the main article Caravaggio and 'Der Dornenstrauch'.


Column 1: The poems of DDS part 3 enumerated from 1 to 64.

Column 2: The corresponding artworks of Caravaggio from 1 to 64 in the socalled 'HI' column - which means that the poem in col.1 applies typically to a certain element normally just above the head of a central character on the relevant artwork. It is a one-to-one correspondence with col.1 and called a 1-step cycle.

Column 3: The artworks of Caravaggio which apply to the poems in col.1 by a socalled 'LO' aspect - not the element high in the motive but more low. This column shows the same artworks but in a cycle of displacement by 5 relative to col.2 - a socalled 5-step cycle. Col.1 #4 shows the same work in col.2 and 3 - and then 1 step down in col.2 ('St.Francis receives the stigmata' on #5) means 5 steps down in col.3 ('St.Francis receives the stigmata' is then #4+5 = #9). It is a regular cycle that goes evenly throughout Caravaggio's work - and this column means a discovery of a certain cyclicity in this work - via my poems in col.1.

Column 4: This is the listing of the poems of DDS part 2 as they apply to the artworks of col.3. As is seen, even this column goes by 5-step cycle through the work of Caravaggio - which means the discovery of yet another cycle in his work - it means a 5 * 5 = 25-step cycle relative to the enumeration of my DDS. Since this part has 66 poems, there is a bump on listing at col.1 #57 whereto three poems are listed in col.4 - apart from this, the cyclicity is regular throughout.

Column 5: This is the 1-step listing of the poems of DDS part 2 relative to the same col.4 - it follows the listing in col.1 but includes the extra 2 in 66 vs 64 poems. For example, for #2 in col.1 (DDS part 3) there are three poems from DDS part 2 - nos.1,2,3.


Col.1 Col.2 Col.3 Col.4 Col.5
DDS III DDS III
1-step cycle 		DDS III
5-step cycle 		DDS II
5-step cycle 		DDS II
1-step cycle
1 St. John the baptist (1606) Martha und Magdalena 34 V,1,2
2 Emmaus (1602) Crucifixion of St.Andreas 39 1,2,3
3 Emmaus (1606) Lazarus resurrection 44 2,3,4
4 David with the head of Goliath (1609-10) David with the head of Goliath (1609-10) 49 3,4,5
5 St.Francis receives the stigmata 7 works of mercy 54 4,5,6
6 Thomas The holy Katharina of Alexandria 59 5,6,7
7 Lute player Alof di Wignacourt w/ page 64 6,7,8
8 Concert of youth Medusa 3 7,8,9
9 Peter's denial St.Francis receives the stigmata 8 8,9,10
10 The martyrdom of Matthew Bacchus with grapes in hand (1593-94) 13 9,10,11
11 The cheaters Crucifixion of Peter 18 10,11,12
12 Flagellation of Christ turning towards mid of artwork Rest on the flight to Egypt 23 11,12,13
13 Sacrifice of Isaac Carracci: Mary's Ascension 28 12,13,14
14 Boy bit by lizard Thomas 33 13,14,15
15 Madonna dei Palafrenieri Judith and Holofernes 38 14,15,16
16 Flagellation of Christ turning towards left edge of artwork Narcissus 43 15,16,17
17 7 works of mercy Buona ventura (1596-97) 48 16,17,18
18 Bacchus with grapes in hand (1593-94) Madonna del Rosario 53 17,18,19
19 Judith and Holofernes Lute player 58 18,19,20
20 Calling of Matthew Calling of Matthew 63 19,20,21
21 Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Salome and the baptist's head (1609-10) 2 20,21,22
22 Salome and baptist head (1609) Burial of Christ 7 21,22,23
23 Regretting Mary Burial of St.Lucia 12 22,23,24
24 St.John the Baptist (1602) Concert of youth 17 23,24,25
25 The conversion of Paul (1602) Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto 22 24,25,26
26 The conversion of Paul (1600-01) John the Baptist (1602-03) 27 25,26,27
27 Ragazzo con canestra di frutta Incoronazione di spine 32 26,27,28
28 St.Gerolamo writing (1605-06) Sleeping Amor 37 27,28,29
28b Marino 50
28a Cavaliere di Malta 55
28c San Gerolamo scrivente (1607-08) 60
29 Martha und Magdalena Peter's denial 42 28,29,30
30 The holy Katharina of Alexandria Salome and baptist head (1609) 47 29,30,31
31 Crucifixion of Peter Birth w Lorenzo & Francisco 52 30,31,32
32 Narcissus Annunciation 57 31,32,33
33 Salome and the baptist's head (1609-10) Maffeo Barberini 62 32,33,34
34 John the Baptist (1602-03) The martyrdom of Matthew 1 33,34,35
35 Birth with Lorenzo and Francesco Regretting Mary 6 34,35,36
36 St.Frances in meditation (1606) St.Frances in meditation (1606) 11 35,36,37
37 The Judas kiss St.John the baptist (1610) 16 36,37,38
38 Martyrdom of St.Ursula David and Goliath (1598-99) 21 37,38,39
39 St.Frances in meditation (1606-07) The cheaters 26 38,39,40
40 Buona ventura (1595-96) St.John the Baptist (1602) 31 39,40,41
41 Shepherds adoration The Judas kiss 36 40,41,42
42 Crucifixion of St.Andreas Matthew and angel 41 41,42,43
43 Alof di Wignacourt w/ page Decollazione del Battista 46 42,43,44
44 Rest on the flight to Egypt Flagellation of Christ turning towards mid of artwork 51 43,44,45
45 Buona ventura (1596-97) The conversion of Paul (1600-01) 56 44,45,46
46 Burial of Christ Martyrdom of St.Ursula 61 45,46,47
47 Incoronazione di spine Death of the virgin Vorrede 46,47,48
48 Annunciation Madonna dei Pellegrini 5 47,48,49
49 St.John the baptist (1610) Sacrifice of Isaac 10 48,49,50
50 Matthew and angel The conversion of Paul (1602) 15 49,50,51
51 Death of the virgin St.Frances in meditation (1606-07) 20 50,51,52
52 Victorious Amor Victorious Amor 25 51,52,53
53 San Gerolamo (1605-06) St. John the baptist (1606) 30 52,53,54
54 Bacchus with wine (1596-97) Boy bit by lizard 35 53,54,55
55 Lazarus resurrection Ragazzo con canestra di frutta 40 54,55,56
56 Medusa Buona ventura (1595-96) 45 55,56,57
57 Carracci: Mary's Ascension San Gerolamo (1605-06) 50-55-60 56,57,58
58 Madonna del Rosario Emmaus (1602) Nachrede 57,58,59
59 Burial of St.Lucia Madonna dei Palafrenieri 4 58,59,60
60 Sleeping Amor St.Gerolamo writing (1605-06) 9 59,60,61
61 Maffeo Barberini Shepherds adoration 14 60,61,62
62 David and Goliath (1598-99) Bacchus with wine (1596-97) 19 61,62,63
63 Decollazione del Battista Emmaus (1606) 24 62,63,64
64 Madonna dei Pellegrini Flagellation of Christ turning towards left edge of artwork 29 63,64,Na





© John Bjarne Grover
On the web 20 october 2021