Italian artist born Michelangelo Merisi (10)

I believe the answer is:

caravaggio

(Other definitions for caravaggio that I've seen before include "Artist" , "Italian Baroque painter (d.1610)" , "Italian painter known for contrasts of light/shade" , "Supper at Emmaus painter" , "Italian painter, d. 1610" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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