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Who commissioned The Conversion of St. Paul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter?
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Caravaggio
The Conversion of St. Paul (second version), oil on canvas by Caravaggio, 1601; in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
Caravaggio was commissioned to create The Conversion of St. Paul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter by Tiberio Cerasi, who served as the treasurer general for the pope.12
These two works were commissioned in 1600 to decorate Cerasi's funerary chapel located in the basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.12