Caravaggio sank in the Roman night. Apparently, he killed a policeman and was imprisoned in the Tor di Noma prison from where he fled with the help of his friends. He became an outlaw who hid among criminals. Shortly afterwards, he killed a Ranuccio Tomasoni da Terni in a fight while playing the chord, after accusing him of cheating. On May 31, 1606, the Roman authorities announced the death sentence of Michelangelo Merisi. none of his powerful protectors came to his aid Del Monte was ill and Prince Colonna was out of the care so he was forced to flee from Rome where he could never return.
The first scale of the escape was the Feud of the Colonna in Lazio, where in the summer of 1606 I paint "The dinner of Emaus" commissioned by Ottavio Costa a version of a subject already discussed previously. But an artist of his category needed a place where he could display his skills so he left Lazio and settled in Naples, taking care that at that time it was Spanish jurisdiction.
Always under the protection of the Colonna Caravaggio he contacted the Caraffa family and thanks to his new and wealthy relationships, he received commissions to paint various paintings, among the most important canvases of this period are "Virgin of the Rosary" for the church of the Dominicans "Seven Works of Mercy" and the "Flagellation of Christ" a heartbreaking picture in him seems to evoke the tortures he was subjected to during his detention in Rome,
In the eight months that his stay in Naples lasted, Caravaggio became a celebrity but this recognition was not enough for him, since Naples could not be compared to Rome at that time in the center of the world. News came from the Holy See where its most direct rivals, such as Caliver d'Arpino or Giovanni Baglione, were deserving of the highest honors: the entrance to the Academy of San Lucas or the concession of the Order of Christ.
Perhaps that was the reason why he decided to move to Malta where his ordination as a knight of the order could ensure his forgiveness of his crime and therefore pave his return to Rome.
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