<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;">La peinture de Caravage est aujourd&rsquo;hui reconnue pour sa grande puissance d&rsquo;expressivit&eacute;. Outre son clair-obscur c&rsquo;est aussi sa capacit&eacute; &agrave; saisir les &eacute;motions humaines et &agrave; les restituer dans ses &oelig;uvres qui font sa renomm&eacute;e. Parmi les sentiments d&eacute;gag&eacute;s, celui de l&rsquo;empathie occupe une place centrale. Dans cet article nous nous interrogerons sur la mani&egrave;re qu&rsquo;utilise le peintre pour la faire na&icirc;tre et la rendre dans sa plus forte expression. Les gestes, les regards mais aussi la lumi&egrave;re, seront des &eacute;l&eacute;ments d&eacute;cisifs pour saisir toute la port&eacute;e de son travail. L&rsquo;&eacute;volution de la peinture progresse de concert avec l&rsquo;&eacute;volution de l&rsquo;homme et restent ind&eacute;niablement li&eacute;s.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Caravaggio&#39;s painting is recognized today for its great power of expressiveness. In addition to his chiaroscuro, it is also his ability to capture human emotions and to restore them in his works that have made him famous. Among the feelings that emerge, empathy takes center stage. In this article we will wonder about the way the painter uses to give birth to it and to render it in its strongest form. Gestures, looks, but also light, will be decisive elements in grasping the full scope of his work. The evolution of painting progresses in concert with the evolution of man and remains undeniably linked.</span></span></p>